When I was in kindergarten my teacher told us that if we sneezed with our eyes open they would come out of our head.
A childhood belief about eyes

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if you sneezed with your eyes open you would die!— Becky
- i used to believe that my preschool teacher had eyes in the back of her head.Anon
- When I was little my friend told me that if you snease with your eyes open you eyes will fall out!Anon
- When I was in kindergarten, I used to believe that they locked the teacher's in the teacher's lounge at night.Anon
- My mom always told me she had eyes in the back of her head. — Ellana
- if I watched too much TV, I would get 'googly eyes' as mom promised, and my eyes would pop out of my head.— claire