When I was little, I used to believe that the chocolate Turkish Delight was made from turkeys. To this day I still can't eat it!
A childhood belief about sweeties

others believed things like this
- Drinking exactly 3 litres of sunny delight made you turn orange.Anon
- I used to think that turkeys were male chickens. Don't know why, but I did.— Felicia
- I thought people from Turkey actually praised turkeys...Anon
- When I was about 5, I thought that English was the reverse reading of Turkish.— sel
- I used to believe Turkey day was a Turkish holiday. Then why are we celebrating it in America?— Lecia
- I used to believe that Skor chocolate bar was only made for grown ups and if I ate it I'd die. — Tammy