i believed, coming from my grandfather on my mother's side, that veal was not to be eaten because it was mermaid meat. i learned that this wasn't true, of course, but i was shocked to learn, at 15 yrs old, that my grandfather believed this with all his heart... even to the day he died.
A childhood belief about general
others believed things like this
- My great-grandfather firmly believed, and had me convinced, that SPAM was mouse meat. — texasblue
- When I was young I used to believe if you died in the water, you'd become a mermaid.— stefanie
- my grandfather told me that soy sauce was bug juice.Anon
- When i was little, i thought Santa Claus was my grandfather— Junie
- I used to belive that sometimes my grandfather drew the clouds for me. Anon
- I used to believe that if I poked my grandfather in the belly-button he would spit out quarters. — Justin