I used to believe that clipping your bangs back in a barrette signaled the bangs to grow very long. I didn't understand that putting them back just allowed you to grow them long without having them in your eyes.
A childhood belief about hair

others believed things like this
- When I was little, I thought that people were either born with bangs, or without them. =DAnon
- My older brother used to tell me if you ate raw potatoes your teeth would grow long and curly!— Lauren
- I used to believe that if my finger was ever cut off, it would grow back.— Chrissy
- I used to believe that if your arm got cut off it would heal/grow back.Anon
- I thought your fingers would grow back if they got cut off— Nate
- i thought that when it was your birthday you grow and then you didn't grow until a years time.— hello