I used to believe that when people go older, their hair would turn white (of course), but also that their eyes would turn light blue. I only had my elderly relatives on my mother's side, who all had white hair when they were still fairly young, and beautiful blue eyes.
A childhood belief about getting older

others believed things like this
- I was born brunette with brown eyes and dark hair, i thought people with blue eyes, had water in them.Anon
- I used to believe that when I got old my red hair would turn pink before it went white.Anon
- Drinking coffee before your 12 yrs, old will make the white in your eyes turn brown.— dawn b.
- i used to believe that people with blue or green eyes saw that certain color— mellactica
- 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 that if you stared into a cat's eyes, my eyes would turn that color too.— silvia