I thought the Devil lived in the bathtub drain and if I stayed in the tub while the water drained I'd get sucked into Hell.
A childhood belief about bathrooms

others believed things like this
- I used to think that trolls lived in my shower drain and showered with my dirty water— Troll bather
- i thought that when you were in the bath you would get sucked down the drain— blake
- i thought when you flushed, it went down to hell and that's what the devil fed the people in he..— Barb.
- When I was little I thought that if I stayed a long time in the water I would become a mermaid.— Salma
- When i was small i used to think god lived on top of my house and the devil lived right underneath it.— Missuss D
- how many us believed you would go down the drain with the bath water? I did!— Amy