I used to believe that once the lights were turned out at night, five minutes later a witch would come and eat any part of you, apart from your head, that wasn't covered. I slept with the sheets up to my neck in fear for a couple of months after I thought this.
A childhood belief about witches

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if you slept with the covers covering your neck, vampires couldn't bite you. — Moot
- When i was younger, i used to believe that the hanger in my room became a witch every night.— Laura
- I used to believe that there where little mice the the street lights that turned them on and off.Anon
- I used to believe the earth was covered with shiny cloth at night by God.. — akz
- Once, at night time, I saw the flashing lights from an aeroplane and I thought it was a UFO.Anon
- i used to believe you slept for 100 hours every night.— skye-ness