I used to believe that cuticles (that white part under your fingernails) were an indication of how big a liar you were. The bigger the cuticles, the more lies you told.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- I used to be scared that if I chewed my cuticles and swallowed a piece of skin, I would become a cannibal. Anon
- I used to think that the song "My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean" was really "My Body Lies Over the Ocean."Anon
- I used to believe if i told lies my nose grow like Pinnochio — Cindy
- that Newport power station was where clouds were made. My dad is a known liar.— Lydia
- I used to believe that I would get worms if I bit my fingernails. — Leslie
- iwas told that if u cry on your birthday you would not get any bigger 4 a whole year— steve