When I was about 3 my mother once told me I would catch cold from the draught at the window. I misheard and thought she said "giraffe" not "draught"
I believed that people caught colds from giraffes breathing down on them. I remember explaining this to other children in school.
A childhood belief about being ill
others believed things like this
- I used to think if you caught a cold during summer, it was called a "hot".— Brandon Campbell
- i used to set up traps to try and catch santa. i never caught him. — santa trap
- i used to believe that my father always told us to close the doors to keep the giraffes out ... terrifying— lee
- My mother told me that ice cream vans were ambulances for little children.— Buzz
- I used to think giraffes were a type of horse— Crocotta1
- I used to believe that scarecrows were giraffes! OK it's a bit weird, but I still get mixed up!— Rosie