As I was growing up my grandfather loved to eat ice.So one day I asked him why did he love to eat ice all the time. He told me that because if he then he wont go to the devil because he will be to cold.I actually believed this until I was well in my teens.
A childhood belief about characters

others believed things like this
- I believed if I prayed for the Devil, he would start being good for God. — Jackie
- I believed that if I looked too long in the mirror admiring myself the Devil would appear.— Paul Elletson
- My great-grandfather firmly believed, and had me convinced, that SPAM was mouse meat. — texasblue
- My mum told me that if you eat while you're on the toilet, you're feeding the devil! — Claire
- Grandmother told me if I whistled in the bathroom the devil would come get me because I was whistling for him.— Peanut @ Lake Tawakoni Tx
- My sisters told me, and I still believe, that the 'Hokey Pokey' is the Devil's song.— You shake it all about...