When I was a kid I used to think that woodpeckers were actually eating the wood when they were pecking it.
A childhood belief about birds

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that pretzals were made of wood.Anon
- I used to believe that pretzels were made from wood....Anon
- I used to believe pretzels were salted wood. — Dan Unknown
- i used to believe that black wood ear
came from the skin of the bats— JULIE - I used to believe eating fish enables me to live underwater and eating veggy makes me prettier!— Melody
- My friend believed that eating bread crusts or eating mustard will give you curly hair.— Linda from Southern California