my friend told me that curbs painted yellow would turn to lava and burn up anyone's legs who stood on them for too long. all i could do was watching in horror whenever anyone set foot on them, waiting for their legs to be burnt off.
A childhood belief about in the street
others believed things like this
- I used to think a female daddy-long-legs was called a "mummy-long-legs".Anon
- when i was little i always asked my mom if my aunt had ant legs or people legs.— kelly
- i used to beleve that the sun had thin long legs and followd me wherever i went..— Hege
- I thought the “Slippery When Wet” traffic sign was a car that had grown long bendy legs.Anon
- My father told me that Frenchmen had three legs.Anon
- I used to believe that if I wet my legs in the sea I would become a mermaid.
— andrea