My brother once told me (and I believed him) that the reason coffins were opened only half way was because they cut the lower half of the body off. EGAD! and at of all places my mother's wake.
A childhood belief about people

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that your belly button was what held your top half to your bottom half...— Debelouwho
- An hour and a half is exactly the same as half an hourAnon
- I used to think you could die if you jumped half way down the stairs. Anon
- i used to believe that if there were bombings, that the world will split in half.. — kins
- when I was 6 years old i use to believe a catfish was half cat one fish.Anon
- I used to believe that all songs were exactly a half-hour long.— Brian