Once my dad did that trick where make it look like you're taking off your thumb. I was pretty young and it scared the crap out of me. I started screaming and crying because I thought he had really taken it off.
A childhood belief about magic tricks

others believed things like this
- when I was little, I was scared of taking the plane because I thought clods were solid !! — valentine a french student in eigth
- My friend told me that if you sucked your thumb, your skin would get all mushy and your thumb would fall off.— Lauren
- When I was young I used to believe that when it is raining God is crying or washing dishes.Anon
- I used to believe that your thumb would come off if you sucked your thumb too much— Anonymous
- I used to think that when people were taking their contacts out that they were taking their eyeball out :) — Jen
- i thought that if you sucked yerr thumb long enough it would turn green. dont ask why! — jordan