When I was 5 or so, my dad told me that if you caught a squirrel by the tail it would pop off and the squirrel would run away and hide until it grew a new tail.
A childhood belief about general
others believed things like this
- My dad told me SPAM was made of Squirrel, Possum, and Mice YUM YUM — Suzanne
- We told our little sister that she had a long bushy tail and she fully believed us for ages!!Anon
- When I was very little, I used to believe that bacon came from the tail of a pig because it was curly!!— Audrey
- I used to believe that a cat's butt hole was on the tip of his tail.— PANTS
- I used to believe that if I wagged my dog's tail, it would cheer my dog up.— GED
- I used to believe that if you hit your tailbone, a tail could grow out of it.— Ida