I was frightend of the '9 o'clock hosses' till I knew what they were. They were the people who came round to empty the toilet bucket. At that time of the night.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- for the longest time every i used to think that Prince's "Raspberry Barret" said "round merry go round"— lin
- When I was young i always thought the chicken really came from the big bucket outside of K.F.C..lol!!— kristi
- I used to believe serial killers were actually people that went round slipping poison into cereal boxesAnon
- I used to think that on day light savings time you had to stay up till 2:00am to change the clocks! — Sandy
- Once I told everyone that I saw a clock reach 1:60.— flojo
- I used to think that the right sides of roads are empty in England, since everyone drives on the left.Anon