When I was in the toilet I used to shake my head. because there was story about the ghost who counted the hairs in the toilet. If the ghost finished the counting the person would die. So Before finishing the counting the person had to shake his/her head not to count.
A childhood belief about fear of

others believed things like this
- I used to believe the way they counted up votes was by counting the signs people used to put on their yards— Jaci Marshall
- I used to believe that nose hairs were the other end of hairs on top of your head.— Walker
- I loved watching the cartoon Casper the Friendly Ghost and wondered why the Holy Ghost never got his own show.— Robert
- I thought the Holy Ghost was the ghost of the Virgin Mary.— Texas granny
- I used to believe that ATM'S had little people inside them counting moneyAnon
- When I was little I thought you could get arrested if you accidentally skipped a number while counting.— Hailey