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- If you don't hold your breath as you pass a cemetery you will die or become possessed.
- People killed in films or on TV die in real life.
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When I was very young my older sist hurt her ankle so badly that she needed stitches. I didn't understand the concept and she told me that if you didn't get stitches then you could die. I thought she meant that if a person never got stitches (for any reason) they would die. I guess I never thought that there would have to be some age cut-off limit for actually getting the stitches with such a vague ultimatum. When I was 7, I finally got stitches and remember being relieved that finally - I wouldn't die because I had the experience of having gotten stitches.
blonnie
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I had an aunt who died when I was, um, four or five, I suppose. My mom told me when we would be going to the funeral and such. I was pretty nervous, because I was under the impression that, at the church, the body would be inside a glass coffin, suspended from the ceiling. To this day I have no idea where this bit of imagery came from.
mark
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i used to believe that when people said something like "so-and-so died when he was 84" or whatever age, that you actually died on your birthday. I pictured in my mind whoever it was with a party hat on in front of a cake and they just collapsed on the ground right there after they blew out the candles.
Pretty retarted huh?
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When I was 5 I threw a screeming fit on the interstate in the back seat of our car. I wanted my mother to pull over immediately because I saw a billboard sign that said "Jim's Body Shop". When she asked why I wanted to go to the body shop, I answered, "Because I want to see the dead bodies."
Amber
When I was 3 I thought grown-ups were lying to us about going to heaven. I finally asked my pre-school teacher, "If we are supposed to go to heaven when we die, why do they put us in the ground with the devil?"
Amber
i thought my great nan had died by flying a kite near a plyon and getting it chaught and she climbed up to get it, but in fact she died of natural causes. i also had just leant about being eletricuted by pylons and it was a dream.
louise
When I was in kindergarden, a boy told me to never wipe off sweat and if I do, I will die.
anon.
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When I was 5 I was really into Bruce Lee. I asked my dad how he died as clear the man was invicable. My Dad said that Bruce Lee was at a ceremony to meet the Queen and saluted, knocking himself on the forehead and killing himself outright. Needless to say, martial arts was obviously a dangerous skill to have. Not long after, I saw the Queen on TV laughing. I thought she was heartless, didn't she realise the part she'd played in the death of Bruce Lee?!?!
Barnaby
when my little brother was about 5 he asked my dad, "dad did you die when you were younger?"
i think he thought you can die and carry on living
andy
when my baby brother died my mum dressed him for the funeral in a puffy white thing (kindof like a skirl) and i thought that it ws a hula skirt (don't ask me why) and i wondered why mum wanted him to be buried in a hula skirt.
andy
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This isn't mine.
My dad died about 10 years ago when my sister and I were in our teens, but we still have lots of pictures and my 3 year old niece knows that the man in the pictures is Grandad Phil who Lives in Heaven. Her cat got run over a couple of months ago and my sister told my niece that cat had gone to heaven and we found her screaming at pictures of Dad because "Grandad Phil had stolen Tiglet". The when we went to Ireland for a family wedding she asked if we were goign to heaven because "Heaven is a long, long, long way away." So if you're three all dead people live in Ireland and if your cats play on the road the Dead steal them.
Claire
I used to believe that if u fell of a boat ud always die cuz u would get shredded by the boat motor, thats how theyd kill ppl in jail.
Erin Eull
I used to believe that if you cut off the circulation of a body part, then that body part would become white until it became totally invisible. So my concept for someone passing away was that all their blood was gone and all their skinned became invisible. Also known as a ghost.
Karen
i overheard my parents/sisters talking about my grandfather's death and the dangers of popping zits on your nose around the same time. for years after that, i believed that my grandfather had actually died from popping a zit on his nose!
when i was little, i was deathly afraid of dying. i would have my dad check my pulse every night before i went to bed just to make sure my heart was still beating. i had this fear until one day my mom and dad took me to the hospital to have a full check up to show that i was healthy.
tori
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I used to believe that funerals were a place you went to buy fruit.
Paulette
When I was little I used to believe that everone died at the same time. I thought God would pick a day when everyone all over the world (which at the time consisted of 4 or 5 people) would lie down on the pavement and they would be gone. There was no dying, only death- it just was. All I knew was that no one would be left behind.
K
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I used to let go all my balloons so my great grandma would get it in heaven
lissa
when i was about 6 or so one of my brothers older freind told me that if i inhaled fumes from a motorcycle i will soon turn into a lepurchaun.And i thought i had gotten some fumes into my lungs so i got scared and told my brothers freind that i had inhaled some fumes.He said the only way to slow down the procces was to breath as least as i can and drink lots of water.So i held my breath and ran home takeing as least breaths as i could on my way.Then i drank about two glasses of water and told my mom and she told me dont worry.I was so relevied!
Brandon Quintana
my sister told me that if you inhaled repeatedly really quickly that you would die. i was very afraid to do so for many years after haha
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