When i was young, my parents would have after-eight mints on special occasions, when people would come round for dinner. I was told that the box had a mechanical device on it, not allowing the box to open until after eight o'clock. and my bedtime was half seven!
i finally figured this out aged 18 years!!! oops!
A childhood belief about sweeties

others believed things like this
- Once I told everyone that I saw a clock reach 1:60.— flojo
- for the longest time every i used to think that Prince's "Raspberry Barret" said "round merry go round"— lin
- when i was 5 i used to think that people only live for 10 years and i thought that my parents were 7.Anon
- when I was 6 years old i use to believe a catfish was half cat one fish.Anon
- I used to believe that your belly button was what held your top half to your bottom half...— Debelouwho
- Until I was about 12 years old I believed that homeless people were made up by my parents to scare me.— Angela B.