My mother used to convince us that she could see doves in our eyes when we were tired. The more number of doves, the more tired we were. 3 or 4 doves was the max & used to promptly make us tuck into bed....
A childhood belief about sleeping
others believed things like this
- I used to think that "mourning doves" were called afternoon doves starting at noon!
— Megaroo - I used to believe that snow on the ground was clouds that were too tired to fly.— alex
- I used to believe that being wasted meant feeling really tired. Anon
- I used to think that if you closed your eyes, you convince others that you were blind.— katie B
- when i was little i believed that your social security number was the number you were born on the earth — christine
- I used to believe that if i watched TV for too long, my eyes would turn square. As told to me by my mother.— Alex