I used to believe that a condom was a snail-like object that you would stick on your abdomen and it would somehow keep the babies from coming out.
A childhood belief about condoms

others believed things like this
- Rain contained snail eggs...mmmm— klaus
- I used to believe that if you picked your nose far up enough, a snail at the top would bite your finger.— Jenny
- when i first heard "i'm a slave" by britney spears i thought she was saying "i'm a snail forever" — jessica
- my grandpa told me if you pick your nose too far then a snail will bite your finger off haAnon
- that there was a sharp toothed snail inside my nose, waiting to bite my finger off— diana
- My sister told me that if I picked my nose there were snail creatures inside of it that would bite my fingers.Anon