My husband had an old uncle with a wooden leg, and taht uncle told all the kids in the neighborhood that a little bird lived in his peg. My husband believed him.
A childhood belief about family

others believed things like this
- my uncle was a doctor, so when he told me his vw could fly, i believed.— boodles
- When I was little I used to think that my uncle lived in a bus shelter.— tigga
- my husband believed, until recently, that the word "several" meant seven of something. — sheryl
- My auntie was told by her husband that glacia cherries were made of seaweed, she wouldnt eat them for years. — emma
- Up until I was nine my uncle told me that the round bales of hay were cow eggs.— Fred
- My uncle told me if you twist your bellybutton, your bum will fall off, I was terrified!— little2ft