I used to believe that "shame" is a kind of table because when children were send to stand in the corner (near that particular table) everybody had to say "shame".
A childhood belief about speaking

others believed things like this
- I thought that the role of Lollipop ladies was to give out lollies. Shame!— Helen
- I used to believe that there were red and black spiders underneath the table in the toilet.— Phil
- I used to think that the sleep in my eyes at the breakfast table were toast crumbs.— crawford
- i used to believe that a ghost lived under my bed and that a giant lived under our dining room table.— nameless
- I used to think that adam and the ants' stand and deliver was 'stand in your liver'.....— wook
- I was convinced that children weren't humans, only adults were, children were a total different race!— Leda