i used to believe "eaves drop" was actually "ears drop"
A childhood belief about speaking

others believed things like this
- when I was seven my brother told me that if I swallowed chewing gum my arm would drop off.— john
- I was told when young that if i kept poking my bellybutton my bum would drop off.— vicky
- I used to believe that the heat from the furnace came from hell, and that it was a straight drop there.Anon
- my gandma said that if i picked my nose my eyes would drop out— Lesley
- I used to believe that when you flushed an aeroplane toilet the waste would just drop out of the plane.Anon
- i used to believe that bunny's could fly with their ears.Anon