My mum used to tell me that when ever a fly would land on me it would poop. She said that's where my moles/freckles came from.
A childhood belief about skin

others believed things like this
- i believed that moles wore davy lamps on their heads so they could see underground— Omi
- I used to think that
"The land of make believe"
was
"The land of baked beans."— Baked Bean! - I actually asked my mother if mixing girls' poop and boys' poop would cause an explosion.— kraine
- I used to believe that if you put cow poo on your face, it would get rid of my freckles. — Col x
- I used to believe that freckles were angel kisses.Anon
- I used To believe that if you picked your freckles you would get skin cancer— Janella