I used to believe that when i said my prayers at night, if I forgot anyones name, even their pets names,when asking God to bless them, something bad would happen to them.
A childhood belief about prayers

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that when I said my prayers, "God Bless..." meant please keep burglars awayAnon
- My parents used to own a Restaurant. I belived the lobsters in the tank were pets.— Ned
- In "God Bless America" I thought it was "With the light from a bulb" instead of "from above."— Carol
- In the Hail Mary prayer, I used to say 'Bless a dark fowl among women' rather than 'blessed art though'Anon
- I forgot the expression "not cricket", so I said, "not tennis" instead.Anon
- I used to believe that "God bless you" was "gableshu," so everytime someone sneezed, I would say "gableshu."— JS