I used to believe that over the houses of my city (in the South-Italy) and near my city, was living a kind of goblins who used to make jokes (sometimes very bad jokes). This because in my city there was (and there is) a legend of these goblins who were called "municeddhri".
A childhood belief about ghosts

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that electricity was manufactured in a factory in a place called 'Electriz City'.— Sally
- That the city of Christchurch was a big church which everybody lived in.— Christine
- When, I was a kid, I used to believe that cane sugar came from the city Cannes Anon
- My friend was in Germany, and she thougth that "ausfart" was a city.— Tone
- I used to belive that all TV shows were taped in my home city, thats why they were shown here.Anon
- I used to believe that the "real" Santa Claus was at Macy's in New York City. All the rest were fakes. — Marcia