I used to believe that pinto horses were called that because they had pins in their toes instead of shoes on their feet.
A childhood belief about speaking

others believed things like this
- i use to beleive that horseraddish came from horses shoesAnon
- I used to belive that ballet dancers had flat toes, so when they put on their shoes they would fit right.— Jazzy
- When I was little I thought cows married horses, cows were all female and horses were all male. — Sheila
- I used to believe bobby pins were named after my father.— Erin
- Whenever I got pins and needles in my legs, I thought that woodlice where crawling around inside them!— squee
- I used to think you had to stick those pins that you stick in your hat through your scalp. That's weird.— Angela