I misheard the words "chest of drawers" and for years thought they were "Chester Drawers", a particular style of furniture.
A childhood belief about around the house

others believed things like this
- I used to believe nude furniture was ,furniture with pictures of naked people on them.— Bethany Mote
- I used to believe an "Ego" was a kind of hair style, similar to a mullet.Anon
- I thought “guerrilla tactics” meant fighting like a gorilla— beating your chest and that sort of thing.— Kai
- My mum used to tell me that thunder was god re-arranging the furniture.— Dale
- I used to believe when it thundered that god was moving his furniture around.— Debra Mcewan
- When I was a kid, I used to believe that it would thunder when G-D was moving furniture in the sky.Anon