All the mothers in our neighborhood tried to prevent us from playing in the open irrigation ditch near the main road by telling us that dogs peed in the ditch. Somehow, this was supposed to induce an eeeuuuuw reaction in us.
No, it didn't work. Never had a chance of working with little boys.
A childhood belief about in the street

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that mosquito larvae were baby hammerhead sharks. Made the ditch a very dangerous place!— Karen
- that cats were only girls and dogs were only boys. I definetly didn't get the whole reproducing thing yet.— Jamie
- I use to believe that cats and dogs were the same species; cats were girls and dogs were boys.— poopcrystals
- I thought you were supposed to drive down the center of the road.— Cassiopeia
- I used to believe that all cats were girls and all dogs were boys.— jordan
- I used to think that all cats were girls and all dogs were boys. — trav