I live in Scotland, on the mouth of the River Fourth, and for years I thought that Edinburgh (on the other side of the river) was the rest of Europe because my parents used to say that Germany was just across the water.
A childhood belief about places
others believed things like this
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- I used to believe that if I chewed on one side of my mouth too much the other side would get jealous.Anon
- I used to believe that when you died no matter what your tongue hung out the side of your mouth. Anon
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- Until recently I thought that Scotland was seperate from England. I am 27 Anon