When I was small, I used to believe that "duct tape" was actually "duck tape", as in having something to do with ducks . . . made to use on ducks? Made of ducks? And that's why the tape was so sticky?
A childhood belief about around the house

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that dumplings were made from baby ducks. — Sarah
- I thought the “rec” button on tape recorders said wreck and it would wreck your tape if you pushed it!— Alberto Richardson
- i belived that ducks would take over the worldAnon
- I thought ducks couldn't fly - thats why they swam.— G
- I believed that linguini was made of tape worms and was scared to eat pasta for a long time!— Mojo!
- When I was little, I had tiny toes and beleived that ducks mistook them for kernels of corn and eat them.— Seguin