When i was about 8 my neighbor told me that if you lifted your arms up from your sides and made them touch above your head and bring them back down multiple times it would make rain not fall where you were standing it had some magical power that would stop the rain from falling in your spot.
A childhood belief about weather
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
- Until I was a teenager, I believed that rain made worms came out of driveways.— Marc
- I used to believe reindeer made it rain because for many years it rained on christmas eve night.Anon