my mum used to say if i lied my eyes would change colour...when i lied i would shut my eyes
A childhood belief about eyes
others believed things like this
- When I was a child, I used to think that if I lied my nose would grow bigger.Anon
- I was born brunette with brown eyes and dark hair, i thought people with blue eyes, had water in them.Anon
- When I was little my friend told me that if you snease with your eyes open you eyes will fall out!Anon
- when I was young I used to believe if I squinted my eyes and it was windy my eyes would stay like this forever— Jeanne
- if I watched too much TV, I would get 'googly eyes' as mom promised, and my eyes would pop out of my head.— claire
- I used to believe that if you stared into a cat's eyes, my eyes would turn that color too.— silvia