My Mom told me if you crossed your eyes for too long, they would stay like that. I still kind of think it might be true...no one has said otherwise.
A childhood belief about eyes

others believed things like this
- I used to beleive if i crossed my eyes they'd stay like that.. haha— L Bennett
- 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
- if i rolles my eyes, it would stay like that foreverAnon
- I used to believe that if i watched TV for too long, my eyes would turn square. As told to me by my mother.— Alex
- I used to believe if you stayed in water too long your skin would get really wrinkled and stay that way.Anon
- When I was little my friend told me that if you snease with your eyes open you eyes will fall out!Anon