When I was younger my parents always told me that every time I put my elbows on the table I crushed a fairy into dust
A childhood belief about fairies

others believed things like this
- that the nose fairy, evil cousin to the tooth fairy, would come and take your nose if you were bad— Mark "Minky" McManus
- When I was young my mother used to tell me that guacamole was actually crushed grasshoppers.Anon
- My mother told me that the tooth fairy would only come if I brushed my teeth.— Dale
- I used to believe that the dust on top of doors was poisonous.— draconid
- What about "Another one buys a Datsun." You know, instead of "Another one bites the dust.— e-man
- I used to believe that the song "Another one bites the dust" was "Another one rides the bus"— Emmy