i believed that if i jumped down the stairs with an umbrella i would float around like marry poppins. i disproved this by learning it the hard way.
A childhood belief about magic tricks

others believed things like this
- I used to believe i could float away by opening up an umbrella on a sunny day.— Lecia
- I used to think you could die if you jumped half way down the stairs. Anon
- when i was abotu 5 or 6 i thought that if i were to pull hard enough on my pants, i would float away— Aaron
- when i was a kid i believed i could make things happen just by snapping my fingers like in mary poppins!!Anon
- I somehow got the idea that if I boiled a rock, it would come to life. My dad disproved that...Anon
- My sister told me that if I could kiss my elbow I would change into a boy. I never disproved her on this.— Aussie