As a child, I was told that if I were to kill a group of ants, it would start to rain. Still to this day I watch where I step if I don't want it to rain.
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies

others believed things like this
- My dad thought when he was little, rain was caused by army guys in the clouds with rain guns. — Daughter of the Weird
- I used to believe I could control the weather by singing rain rain go away or blowing the clouds away.— Shannon
- I believed that the rain would melt everything...I was terrified to go outside in the rain! — Cris
- I used to think that Rain Man had something to do with Singin' in the Rain.Anon
- Someone told me that they cousin who used to think rain was God peeing.Anon
- My mom told me that rain would help me grow... at a small 5'3" the reality set in quickly.Anon