I used to believe that the white smoke trail left in the sky by aeroplanes was actually a smoke trail left behind by witches on their broomsticks!
A childhood belief about witches

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that smoke stacks that pumped out white smoke were cloud makers.— lizzie
- As a child I use to think that factory that billowed white smoke were making clouds.Anon
- I thought the world was black and white because of all the smoke from the bombs in Second World War.— Bjoern
- I used to believe that clouds came from the smoke that came from the factories. — Anela
- I used to believe only women who had sex were allowed to smoke. Whatever sex was.— Robert
- I used to believe that if you smoked too much,when you got mad your ears would smoke.Anon