When I was young, I thought that those patterns and colors you see when you rub your eyes were called hippies. Probably had to do with those phsycedelic patterns being associated with them.
A childhood belief about eyes

others believed things like this
- my parents were hippies and I use to beleive that Jerry Garcia was SAnta Clause. — Melissa
- when I was young I used to believe if I squinted my eyes and it was windy my eyes would stay like this forever— Jeanne
- The Kim Carnes song called 'Bette Davis Eyes' well my dad used to sing "She's got Dickie Davis Eyes" Anon
- when i was young i thought god was a cloud, big white fluffy cloud floating around with 2 eyes and a smile. — kerrie
- I used to think the song Bette Davis Eyes was called 'she's got better days besides'.— JJ Simpson
- I was born brunette with brown eyes and dark hair, i thought people with blue eyes, had water in them.Anon