I thought that spiderwebs and cobwebs were two different things: apiderwebs were made by spiders, but cobwebs just magically appeared!
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies

others believed things like this
- My brother used to think that cobwebs where made by cobs. — Alex
- There were no writers behind children's books--they just magically appeared at the library! Anon
- I know this isnt a huge funny belief, but I used to think that all spiders were poisonous. I love spiders now!— Sammy
- I thought that when you died, you had 2 weeks to be dead then you would magically wake up again, but as a babyAnon
- i used to think that the pope was married but also i thought howcome her wife never appeared on TV— jp
- I used to believe Airplanes were things that made air plane- like took out scents, took out impurities, etc...— Emile