When I was about 5, we went to the cemetary to visit my grandmother's grave. We passed a grave that someone had decorated with balloons, and I looked up at my mom and said (in all seriousness), "There must be a clown buried there."
A childhood belief about people

others believed things like this
- Never point at a grave, if you do your finger will rot off.— KL.R
- I used to believe that if you walked directly over someone's grave, they would haunt you forever.— jonee
- I used to believe that,if you stood on someones grave,that their ghost would follow you home.— Bridie
- that if you stuck out your tongue at your mother, your hand would stick up out of the grave when you died.— Elaine. London
- I used to believe that every one that
passed away would come and visit me.
No matter if I knew them or not!— Ashley S. (Knoxville , TN) - I used to let go all my balloons so my great grandma would get it in heaven— lissa