My father told me that dragon flies were darning needles, and they would sew your ears shut. I was always afraid of them.
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies
others believed things like this
- dragonfliesw ere called, Devil's darning needles.— davarm
- I use to believe that dragon flies and fire flies were fairies— lady eberly
- when I was little I was afraid of flies until mom told me they were baby birds!— Lisa
- I used to believe that flies were called "bloody flies"!— Angelface
- i would never eat biscuits with currants in because someone told me they were flies.— ahab
- My dad told me that raisins were the dead flies from the windowsill— Kellie