I used to believe that my legs weren't responsible for holding up my body, that my body was just floating in the air and my legs were simply below. As you might imagine, I had a few failed attempts at trying to pull my legs off the ground with my arms, to hover.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- when i was little i always asked my mom if my aunt had ant legs or people legs.— kelly
- I used to think a female daddy-long-legs was called a "mummy-long-legs".Anon
- I used to beleive that all pains were headaches. So for example, I had headaches in my stomach, legs and arms.— James
- I used to believe that if I wet my legs in the sea I would become a mermaid.
— andrea - that pickles were octopus legsAnon
- i used to believe that when you did the splits your legs would fall off.Anon