I used to believe that cowlicks on hair were literally licked by a cow. I thought, "why would you let a cow lick your head, and why is it permanent?"
A childhood belief about hair

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that a cow-lick meant that a cow had licked you when you were a baby.— Lindsay
- i used to believe that cowlicks were like salt licks, only for domesticated animals.Anon
- I believed that if you ate a piece of your own hair, a new strand of hair would grow on your head.— Ryo
- I use to cover my head at night because I thought monsters would give me a bad hair cut while I was sleeping!— Amy
- When i was 5, i thought that you could lick your elbow....Anon
- I used to think that being drunk was permanent— Boyd