When I was little I used to think that they nails in my grandparents deck were slivers so whenever we would eat outside or sit around on their deck I refused to and I would sit inside.
A childhood belief about around the house

others believed things like this
- I thought I would fall through the cracks in my grandmother's deck.— Hannah
- I believed that the inside of a tomato was a small, living creature and I flatly refused to eat that bit.Anon
- I wasn't allowed to cut my nails on a sunday , don't ask me why.— martin
- That bitng my nails would cause worms in my tummyAnon
- I used to believe that red pistachio shells were the same as women's press on nails.— Bob
- If you bite your nails, a hand will grow in your stomach.— Miss Laura