When I was 3, my grandfather told me I could catch a bird if I sprinkled salt on its tail. One day I found a baby bird that fell from its nest. I covered it with a blanket, and ran inside to tell my mom. "I need the salt, I'm gonna catch a bird" I screamed.
A childhood belief about birds

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that you could catch a bird by putting salt on it's tail— Eli
- "dildo is an extinct bird"
my 18 year old friend fell for that.— pebblezzz - I thought that veruca salt was green salt— Ninny
- until the age of 6 i didnt know bird had feet.Anon
- i used to believe if a cat ate a bird the cat would eventually GROW WINGS!— nightmare
- I once for some reason thought a Mantis was a bird, instead of a bug...— Laurie J.