I used to think "spitting", as in, light rain, was when aliens and or angels spat down on us for the hell of it.
A childhood belief about water

others believed things like this
- My older sister used to beleive that when it rained, the angels in heaven were having a spitting contest— Doblica W.
- Thunder was the angels shaking their blankets out. Rain was the fairies crying.— wolfie
- When i was little i believed that clouds were cotton candy that angels lived in and rain was angel tears— Missy
- Whenever I went to bed, I use to believe that when i flicked my light on and off I would signal aliens. — Laura.
- When i was little my mum convinced me that if a cat spat in my eyes i would go permanently blind. — Louise Atkinson
- My dad thought when he was little, rain was caused by army guys in the clouds with rain guns. — Daughter of the Weird