When I was little my daddy told me that if I didn't go to sleep there was a man called the Sand Man that would come around and throw sand in my eyes, mouth and nose until i go to sleep
A childhood belief about sleeping

others believed things like this
- i used to think salt was made of sand— hibiscus
- When my daughter was 3, she saw a cat using a litter box. She thought it was building a sand castle.— Debbie the Bad Swimmer
- When i was 6 years old i had a dog named Sandy. And i thought she was made of Sand.— Billy Bob Joe
- in sting's / the police's song ''roxanne''. I thaught that it was ''rock sand''— wacko zacho
- I believed one of the greatest dangers you could face was quick sand. I was scared to death of it.Anon
- i used to think that when i went to sleep gonzo from the muppets would suck me up through his nose and eat meAnon