When I was first learning to read, I thought "choir" was "chore." So every Wednesday and Sunday at 7 according to the the church bulletin, it was time for people to go to church and do chores! It took me a couple years to realize what the word really was.
A childhood belief about hymns

others believed things like this
- I used to think that church songs were pop music. Well, we did sing them in church every week...— Roxy
- My fiance was in church as a kid and he saw the Vicar of the church and asked his Mum if it was God.— Andys fiancee
- As a child I went to a prodestant church, but I used to tell people that I was a pedestrian.— Megan
- I was sad for many years because my aunt once told me I would go to hell for farting in church!— Tara
- I used to believe that every time I went to church, I got "points" to go to heaven. — Poxy
- When i was about 4 or 5, for the longest time, i believed that the preist of our church was god.— hunnybee