I was told that if you touch your pupil five times you would go blind. To date I have only touched it twice, both times before hearing this. Even at 41, I am unwilling to test this theory.
A childhood belief about eyes

others believed things like this
- I used to think that "One, two, three times a lady"
was: "one, two, three times related"Anon - When I was yonger i think all the pupil are bot and me i was the only man on the earth— Yanissah Akha du sah tahia Maghreb
- My Sister And I Used To Believe That If You Said Something 3 Times You Would Tern Into That.
— Jason - behind the times ment behind the newspaper!!!!!!!— Neon Anon
- I thought you could vote as many times as you want, not just once.— Lord Zedd
- When I was a child I used to believe that my cat would die because he fell seven times.Anon