I used to believe that when you earased a pencil mark you weren't really making it disappear, but rather coloring over it like white out. This was when I was in 5th grade. I really had no common sense as a child.
A childhood belief about around the house

others believed things like this
- I used to think all mice were white and those whom had other coloring were just painted— Feral
- As a child I use to think that factory that billowed white smoke were making clouds.Anon
- As a kid I used to believe that when you sharpened your pencil, the eraser on the pencil grew.Anon
- I believed when young that horses with white faces were sick. My dad a great sense of humour— John Cavanagh
- When I was a child I thought that dogs can see ghosts but now I think that they can sense disaster— Steven Altamirano
- i used to believe that cotton candy was a cloud with coloring.....Anon