I used to believe that if you kept your eyes open for too long, they would fall out. I spent most of third grade squinting.
A childhood belief about eyes
others believed things like this
- 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 younger, I believed that squinting in a storm would make you cross-eyed... forever.Anon
- I used to believe that if you sneezed with your eyes open you would die!— Becky
- I used to believe that if you held a Guinea pig upside down, it's eyes would fall out.— james
- I used to believe that newborn babies didnt open their eyes for a few weeks like kittens :) — Cash
- When my favorite Uncle died, I thought if I stared at him in his coffin he would open his eyes and be alive.— Cindy