When I was a youngster I thoght the
"bottoms" of dead people were
buried. This I couldn't understand, and was relieved when I saw her whole body, not just her "bottom", in the casket when my grandmother died!
A childhood belief about people

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that a street sign that read "Dead End" meant that there were dead people buried there.Anon
- I thought that dead people were stuffed INSIDE their gravestone instead of buried in a coffin.— Sam Shiels
- I couldn't understand why my grandmother wore an ear-grenade (hearing aid). It sounded very dangerous to meAnon
- I used to believe that falling leaves were dead butterflies, and I always buried them in the back yeard.— waters
- When I was really young I used to think that dead bodies wouldn't start rotting until they were buried.— Katherine
- I used to believe people really died in movies. I didnt understand they were just acting.— Justin