For a surprisingly long time I believed that the criss-cross web of lines on the back of my hand were very small threads, and that if I snagged one of the threads the back of my hand would unravel.
The first thing I did if I ever cut the back of my hand was check the wound to see if there was any thread damage lest unrecoverable unraveling occur...
A childhood belief about skin
others believed things like this
- I used to think that my right hand wasn't my right hand anymore if I turned around.— Mike
- When I was small, my brother would bug me and say that if my hand was bigger than my head, I had a tumor.Anon
- I always believed as a child your stomach was a big hand which squeezed your food out through your bum....— amc
- I used to believe that I could actually cut the clouds with my hand.Anon
- I used to believe that if you put your hand in a venus fly trap it would eat it.Anon
- A hot totty was a hand warmer used in winter.— Kari