When i was little my mom used to tell me that all the oil spots and/or gum spots in a parking lot or road was children that ran in front of traffic and got splattered! i belived that from the time i was 3 to the age of 7 ....kinda cruel huh?....but i guess if it kept me out of the road!!!!
A childhood belief about in the street

others believed things like this
- My daughter belived that she was getting old because she had brown spots (freckles) like an old banana— lauren
- When I was little, I used to believe chocolate milk came from cows with brown spots.Anon
- I used to think that jewish men wore "kippots" or "yarmulkes" to cover their bald spots..— Charlotte
- I used to think that we were breaking a law every time my mom passed a "Do Not Pass" sign on the road. — Kyra
- On motorways the person at the front of the traffic had set out
first— andy - I used to believe the "Yield" from the road sign was somebody's name.— julia