My parents said that gnomes tied knots in my hair while I was sleeping. I had insomnia for years.
A childhood belief about hair

others believed things like this
- When I was younger, I used to believe that the boogey man would tie my hair in knots at night.— Jasmine
- I use to cover my head at night because I thought monsters would give me a bad hair cut while I was sleeping!— Amy
- I believed that I had invented reef knots.— Phil
- .. the knots in wood would turn into dinosaurs. I was petrified of pine cladding.Anon
- I used to believe that if you did not keep your shoes tied, that the police would arrest you.— Kelly
- I used to think that everybody's hair was black and if you had blond hair, you dyed your hair.— ~_~CoolKid93_~_