My mother didn't want me outside at night so she told me i had to come in or else 'the night air would get me'
A childhood belief about lies

others believed things like this
- I used to wonder that if man wanted to reach the stars in rockets, why didn't he just go up at night? Duh!!!— albinoavenger
- I used to believe that if you didn't take your socks off at night your feet would turn into jellyAnon
- I didn't quite grasp the concept of time zones, and thought that Chinese kids went to school at night.— Giselle
- My parents always told me at night the sticks we had played with throughout the day turned into snakes.. — Sarahb
- I used to believe that if I didn't brush my teeth at night, ants would crawl into my mouth and eat my teeth.Anon
- In kindergarden my friend told me that there were 24 hours in the day and 15 hours in the night.— Cari