We used to catch dogfish in the Great Lakes when I was a child. This old-timer fishing next to me one day said if I heard one bark, it meant I was going to die. I cut the line when a dogfish was on after that.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- When I was in kindergarten, I thought the last line of "America" was "Great God our kid." — CC
- I used to believe that a "punch line" meant a line of people waiting to dip punch from a punch bowl.— Sheila
- I believed they put heated coils in lakes for the ducks to swim in the wintertime.Anon
- When I was little, I thought the Indian princess on the Land-O-Lakes butter label was God or Jesus.— Butterflyzz
- I used to believe when dogs bark and cat meow they are talking to each other— frogg gurl
- I used to believe that child line sold childrens toys— Gayle