When I was younger my grandma once told me that my grandfather (who had died years before) turned the lights on for us at her house. When I got a little older I realized that her lights were on a timer.
A childhood belief about around the house

others believed things like this
- I believed that traffic lights had police officers inside them, turning the lights on and off...— CrowHeart
- when i was about 5-8 i used to believe that oompa loompas lived in traffic lights and controlled the lights!!— ~wierd ~
- I used to believe that there where little mice the the street lights that turned them on and off.Anon
- as a kid, i was told by my older cousins that i wasnt human until i turned 7 years old.— twk
- i used to believe that the green arrows on the traffic lights told you which way you had to go to get home.— Helen
- When i was younger my grandma told me that the nuts that was on the bread were bug wings, i still ate it.— Matt