I used to believe that when you get older you start loosing certain parts of your body. Like limbs, eye sight, etc.
A childhood belief about getting older

others believed things like this
- I used to believe lepers came from Ireland. Like leprechauns, only with less body parts.Anon
- I used to think that bodily tissues were kleenex sheets that grew in certain parts of your body.Anon
- I used to believe that a funeral organist was the person who collected the body parts of the deadAnon
- I thought when a road sight said Dead End that someone had actually died there.Anon
- I used to think that "extra body" shampoo meant you could use the runoff suds to clean your body.— Christy
- i used to believe (when i was little) i could make the wind stop and start by saying, "stop" and "start"— Ali