My mom used to tell me that she could tell that I was lying because I had little lights in my eyes... and she still teases me because I believed her!
A childhood belief about eyes

others believed things like this
- I believed that traffic lights had police officers inside them, turning the lights on and off...— CrowHeart
- I used to believe that if you crossed your fingers when you were lying, you weren't really lying.— jo
- when i was about 5-8 i used to believe that oompa loompas lived in traffic lights and controlled the lights!!— ~wierd ~
- For a very long time I believed that there were little men underground that changed the traffic lights!— Melissa
- I believed chewing gum was made out of the eyes of deer.— Greg
- When I was little, I believed my parents really had eyes in the back of their head.— Tera