As a child I habitually had a blocked nose, which meant I usually had to breathe through my mouth. I used to think that if I were able to breathe through my nose, not only would I be able to breath air, I would also be able to breath under water. I evidentlly believed that all nose breathers could breathe under water. I tried it once - it definitely didn't work!! :-)
A childhood belief about general
others believed things like this
- I still hold my breath when I pass by cemetaries because it is impolite to breathe when other people can't.— Crystal
- when i was 4 i believed i could breathe under water, one day i decided to try it and woke up in the hospital!Anon
- that sneezes were caused by little pixies crawling up your nose and brushing past your nose hairs— Joanna
- My mother used ot tell me that if I picked my nose the 'Nose Spider' would bite my finger off.— Melanie
- When I was in Kindergarten I was told if I picked my nose my nose will go into eternal bleeding— Sam
- My grandparents always told me that if I picked my nose too much, my nose would get bigger.— The Mortal Elf