I told my brother that all girls were born with holes in their ears, and that by keeping earrings in the holes it meant you were proud to be a girl, but some girls let them close up and then got them pierced again. He believed it for most of his childhood.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- When I was a little girl, I believed that all cats were girls and all dogs were boys. :)— Mary Ellen
- when i was little i believed that leprecauns put the holes in crumpets.Anon
- When my brother was little, he believed that girls peed out of their boobs.— Emily
- i believed that the holes in swiss cheese were cow farts.— lily
- For some reason until I was about 10 I used to believe that the dentist pierced your ears.— Kendall.XxX
- I believed that fairies lived in lamp posts - their front doors were the little holes where the key fits.— Janice