In the early 1960s, Peter, Paul & Mary's recording of "Puff the Magic Dragon" was played on the radio a lot. Yes, I am old enough to remember hearing it on the radio in my parents' car. There is a line in which Little Jackie Paper would bring to Puff : ". . . strings and sealing wax and other fancy stuff". I did not know what sealing wax was; I only knew what a ceiling was. I knew plenty of people waxed their kitchen floors. But I didn't know anyone who waxed their ceiling. I still haven't met anyone who waxes their ceiling, or seen ceiling wax in any store.
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics
others believed things like this
- My brother used to believe that ceiling fans were helicopters flipped upsidedown and stuck in the ceiling.— Seven
- I use to believe all the people singing on the radio were IN the radio.— Yvonne
- When listening to the radio in the mornings I felt sorry for singers they had to come and sing that early. — Tereza
- When I was a child I used to believe that I was the singer who played on the radio— Gabriela Ortega
- My mum's aunt gave her daughter a copy of Jackie magazine. She refused to read it as her name was not Jackie.— Helen
- I used to believe that mall directories were magic because they always knew where you were.— eric