When I was a child I really believed that my dad could catch leprechauns. He would tell me to look into his cupped hands with one eye to see the leprechaun lighting his pipe. As I was looking through, he would allow a little light through his fingers and yes I thought it was a pipe being lit!
A childhood belief about fairies
others believed things like this
- I used to think a drain pipe in my backyard led to another world.Anon
- I used to think that my dad was "smoking pot" when he would smoke his pipe while sitting on the toilet. Anon
- I had my mom buy a box of lucky charms because I thought the little leprechaun would be inside. — Catherine
- I used to believe lepers came from Ireland. Like leprechauns, only with less body parts.Anon
- i used to think when i was like 5 or 6 that a leprechaun would crawl up into me when i was peeing.— anonymous
- When i was a child i used to believe that i became invisible when i covered my hands with my eyes.
— Owen