Maryland was actually a huge amusement park, i.e. Merry-Land, like Disneyland.
A childhood belief about places
others believed things like this
- I used to think that
"The land of make believe"
was
"The land of baked beans."— Baked Bean! - When I was little I wanted to go to Disneyland as soon as I could, before Mickey Mouse died.— Mary
- I used to believe disneyland was under my sister bed. I was well dissapointed when I found out she was lying!— Joe B
- for the longest time every i used to think that Prince's "Raspberry Barret" said "round merry go round"— lin
- I thought the England was EDGE-land but england was ENG-landAnon
- I used to think "Robin Hood and his merry men" was "Robin Hood and his *married* men."Anon