I always thought the line of "In Exelsis Deo" from the carol "Angels We Have Heard On High" was actually "Angels eat eggshells daily", and informed my very confused mother that I didn't want to go to heaven, because I didn't want to eat eggshells.
A childhood belief about hymns
others believed things like this
- that when it thunder'd it was angels rolling barrels around heaven.— daniel copeland calif,u.s.
- My older sister used to beleive that when it rained, the angels in heaven were having a spitting contest— Doblica W.
- I used to believe that angels painted the sky.— Jessica
- My grandmother used to tell me that thunder was the angels bowling.— laf
- That the "glitter" in crispy snow was angels— HH
- I used to think that if you stared real hard at the wind, you could see the angels.— Bradon