Fair skinned with freckles, I believed for years that as I grew bigger, my freckles would also grow bigger, and one day I would have a marvelous tan. Somedays, I still want to believe it!
A childhood belief about skin

others believed things like this
- When I was a child, I used to think that if I lied my nose would grow bigger.Anon
- I used to believe that if you put cow poo on your face, it would get rid of my freckles. — Col x
- I used to believe that freckles were angel kisses.Anon
- I used To believe that if you picked your freckles you would get skin cancer— Janella
- if you have freckles it is because you didnt wash your face well enoughAnon
- When my grandma was little, her dad would tell her that the freckles on her face and arms were fly crap.Anon