Someone once told me that if you kept your eyes open while you sneezed your eyes would pop out. After that my parents always saw me making the craziest faces trying to keep my eyes open while I sneezed.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if you sneezed with your eyes open you would die!— Becky
- When I was little my friend told me that if you snease with your eyes open you eyes will fall out!Anon
- 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
- I was born brunette with brown eyes and dark hair, i thought people with blue eyes, had water in them.Anon
- 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