When I was little my dad told me that if I make crosseyes, my eyes will freeze that way. Then I'd have to be shipped to an island with all the other crosseyed people, an they'd just dump me there and leave me forever. I wouldn't coss my eyes for years
A childhood belief about eyes
others believed things like this
- when I was young I used to believe if I squinted my eyes and it was windy my eyes would stay like this forever— Jeanne
- I was born brunette with brown eyes and dark hair, i thought people with blue eyes, had water in them.Anon
- When I was little my friend told me that if you snease with your eyes open you eyes will fall out!Anon
- if i rolles my eyes, it would stay like that foreverAnon
- if I watched too much TV, I would get 'googly eyes' as mom promised, and my eyes would pop out of my head.— claire
- I used to believe that if you stared into a cat's eyes, my eyes would turn that color too.— silvia