i always thought swallows were dirty because they live in mud nests.so whenever i saw a swallow i said
''take a bath!''
A childhood belief about birds

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that toilets would open and swallow you up because they got dirty!!— swallowing toilet
- when i was younger i thought ac/dc's dirty deeds (done dirt cheap), was dirty knees and the thunder cheeks.— S
- a friend thought that the song "dirty deeds done dirt cheap" was saying "dirty deeds dunderchief"— dubs
- I used to believe that craters were old dinosaur nests.— dumb one
- Bird eggs grow on trees, and they have to go and collect them to put them in their nests.— Ulalia
- I used to think that when I was in the bath I shark lived under the bath and that ig might come up and bite me— ------------