I used to believe that if you were a boy when you were born then you grew up to be a girl & vice versa. Thanks Grandpa.... then my Dad tried to convince my kids of the same thing - luckily they were smnarter than me - imagine my embarassment when i went to school & told people that my Grandpa used to be a little girl!
A childhood belief about getting older

others believed things like this
- when i was little thought that ants changed traffic lights from green to red and vice versa.Anon
- My Grandpa told me if I picked my nose I could accidentally pull out my eye. — Jan St. Louis
- My grandpa told me when I was little that if you swallow chewing gum your butt will be sticky— Lili
- My grandpa told me that edible part of the watermelon was blue until you cut them open. Anon
- my grandpa told me if you pick your nose too far then a snail will bite your finger off haAnon
- I remember a girl in my kindergarten class told me she wanted to be a waterfall when she grew up.Anon