My neighbor used to believe that if her grandma touched her, she would get dirty. Her grandma's indian colored and she thought that her grandma didn't bathe very much so she was dirty.
A childhood belief about skin

others believed things like this
- when i was younger i thought ac/dc's dirty deeds (done dirt cheap), was dirty knees and the thunder cheeks.— S
- I used to believe that My grandparents didn't have any other name except grandma and grandpa.— Emelia
- a friend thought that the song "dirty deeds done dirt cheap" was saying "dirty deeds dunderchief"— dubs
- I was afraid of my grandma because i thought she had germs because she was german!Anon
- i, too, thought my grandma made up the bushel and a peck song. :)— nessa
- when i was a little girl i thought God looked like my grandma and dressed like the statue of liberty. Anon