I thought common as muck was a substance called commoners muck
A childhood belief about speaking

others believed things like this
- "The wombles of Wimbledon Common are we" meant that there were loads of them...— Mike
- It was common "knowledge" where I lived that if you picked dandelions then you would wet the bed.— Holly
- A common misheard lyric in BMTH’s ‘Shadow Moses’ is “THIS IS SANDPIT TURTLE!”— Oli
- I usde to believe that 'camembert cheese' was actually 'common bear cheese'.— Dan
- I believed that the breed of dog called Boxer was called that because they could stand up and box.Anon
- I used to believe that people from Holland were called "Hollish", like people from Poland are called "Polish"— Sally