You know when you get up from sitting for a long time and you feel a little dizzy and see stars? When I was little, my brother told me that if those stayed for too long, they would become permanent. Every time it happened I would try to shake them out of my eyes just to be safe!
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- When I was little I thought that if I stayed a long time in the water I would become a mermaid.— Salma
- i used to believe that if you watched TV for a long time, your eyes would turn into squares.Anon
- I used to believe that if i watched TV for too long, my eyes would turn square. As told to me by my mother.— Alex
- I used to believe if you stayed in water too long your skin would get really wrinkled and stay that way.Anon
- I thought the mole on my arm was from a bug pooping on my arm a long time agoAnon
- I used to think that if I stared at the sun for a long time, I could make day turn to night.— Big J