I thought the Hobbit and Lord Of The Rings books were written in the middle ages (I think maybe I got Middle Earth confused with middle ages)
A childhood belief about reading

others believed things like this
- When my cousin was younger his name was Alexander and he thought his middle name was "ander"Anon
- For along time I thought the Middle East and Eastern Europe were just different names for the same place!— Helllowerer
- I used to believe my middle name was and. At age 12, I discovered that it was actually "ann".Anon
- I used to believe that my middle name was Goofy, even though it's actually Margaret.— Lisa
- I used to believe that everyone had the same middle name as me... Elizabeth.
(even my uncles)— K.O. - I used to believe that the red thing in the middle of a Greek olive was the pit.— Liz