I used to believe that the part of the Pledge of Allegiance "and to the Republic for which it stands" was "and to the Republic where witches stands" until I was 16 and saw it written on the wall of an elementary school classroom.
A childhood belief about the pledge

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that the "Pledge" of Allegiance had something to do with our "Pledge" cleaner. — Pledge
- I used to think Star Wars wis Democrat vs. Republican because they would talk about the Republic.Anon
- I used to think "from which it stands" was "for Richard Stans".
— cobra - "...and to the Repulblic, sandwitches stands..."
— Shirley B. - I thought the Pledge of Allegiance was "to the United Steaks of America," and that we were saying it to cows.— bessy
- for my first Internet year, i believe all the ".ca" sites stands for Calif State websites.— ray cheng