Whenever I was a kid, I had this belief that putting a tea towel over the toaster and turning it on was some how going to produce a magic trick.
I tried this once and my parents came in wondering where all the smoke was coming from, with me standing over this slightly on fire towel.
A childhood belief about magic tricks

others believed things like this
- I used to think that the smoke coming from the factories were actually making clouds Anon
- I used to believe that smoke stacks that pumped out white smoke were cloud makers.— lizzie
- I used to think that the toast would never pop out of the toaster if you watched it while you were waiting.Anon
- When I was little, I was told that God made people of every color.....I was sure he used a big toaster.— stormy
- I Believed that somthing took the bread from the toaster and replaced it with toast.— Shukun
- I used to think that little bakers lived in the toaster who baked the bread and pushed it back up.— Karen K