I used to think that booby traps had something to do with actual boobs or bras or something. I think the idea was a combination of it being referred as a "booby" trap and the fact that the first time I heard it was in a movie where these boys were trying to sneak around and they got stuck in a line of bras that were tied together. One of them said, "Oh no! It's a booby trap!" Needless to say, I felt really stupid when I found out it just meant someone had set up a trick or trap for someone else.
A childhood belief about speaking

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if you put your hand in a venus fly trap it would eat it.Anon
- i used to believe that bras were bullet-proof vests for women.— emily
- whenever i heard a melody, i thought it stuck in my stomach when i heard it in my mindAnon
- I use to think i heart attack was when you got stuck in an elevator. I have no idea how i came to believe thisAnon
- I always thought cats were all girls & dogs were all boys ... I have no idea why.Anon
- I used to believe that a "punch line" meant a line of people waiting to dip punch from a punch bowl.— Sheila