Someone once told me when I a child that if you rubbed cow's tears under your eyes, you can see ghosts,but the bad part was they would haunt you forever. It took me a long time before I stopped believing.
A childhood belief about ghosts

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if you walked directly over someone's grave, they would haunt you forever.— jonee
- when I was young I used to believe if I squinted my eyes and it was windy my eyes would stay like this forever— Jeanne
- When I was child I used to believe that people who die become ghosts and could see youAnon
- i used to believe that if you watched TV for a long time, your eyes would turn into squares.Anon
- My mom had me believing that, like fruits and vegetables, the crusts of bread were the healthiest part.— StephTheGeek
- if i rolles my eyes, it would stay like that foreverAnon