i used to wonder, what happens to scabs when they fall off? i thought that a weird land-crawling octopus would seek out the minute pieces and keep them to cover his skin so it wouldn't dry out.
A childhood belief about skin

others believed things like this
- i used to believe that when i had an itch or a tickle, it was because there were ants crawling beneath my skin— Willa
- I used to believe that if I ate pieces of bread it would soak up my pee and I wouldn't have to pee anymore.— Anna
- I used to believe that if your belly button came undone your skin would fall off! Anon
- I used to think that scabs were God's bandaid.— Elizabeth
- I used to beleave that beef jerkey was cow-scabs.— Jennie
- I Used To Believe In The Scab Fairy, That She Would Pay You In Return For Those Scabs!— KellGirl