We have (In Vermont at least) those huge mosquito looking bugs referred o as "sewing needles", and when I was little one would get into my room or my tent while camping and my mother would say "They'll sew your eyes shut unless you close them." So she'd get me to go to sleep that way, but I believed it to be true.
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies
others believed things like this
- I used to believe the ^^ emoticon referred to 2 pointy ears like a cat, instead of closed eyes.Anon
- my mum used to say if i lied my eyes would change colour...when i lied i would shut my eyes— kevin rosenqvist
- I used to think that if you don't close your eyes while you sneeze YOU DIE!!!!— Nutter
- I made my bed everyday as a kid because I believed that if I didn't then bugs would get in it.Anon
- I used to believe that mosquito larvae were baby hammerhead sharks. Made the ditch a very dangerous place!— Karen
- I used to believe that England was shaped like a Sewing Machine Box, Germany was a Smiling Sun. Anon