I live in a cottage and there's a hole in one of the beams on the stairs, with a bit of wood stuck in it. I used to believe that it was a lever, if I could get this lever-thing out of the hole, I would be transported to fairyland.
Sadly, the wood hasn't come out yet....
A childhood belief about fairies

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that pretzals were made of wood.Anon
- I used to believe that pretzels were made from wood....Anon
- I used to believe pretzels were salted wood. — Dan Unknown
- i used to believe that black wood ear
came from the skin of the bats— JULIE - When I was a kid I used to think that woodpeckers were actually eating the wood when they were pecking it. — Amy
- I used to believe that if you got a splinter after awhile your whole body would turn into wood.Anon