nature

I used to believe…

That cress was really just another name for clover, and for years I would happily tell people I had no desire to eat grass.

I used to believe…

that Newport power station was where clouds were made. My dad is a known liar.

I used to believe that bread, cheese and money all grew on trees. So I planted some. When it didn't grow, my mum told me that the "seeds" must have been eaten by birds.

As a child i was under the impression that the huge power station chimneys were cloud makers.

I used to believe that if black people went out in the snow and rolled around they would turn white - so whenever it snowed I never went outside in case it happened to me!

Coming from Derbyshire there are a few weird and wonderful sayings. My mother used one when the weather looked bad. 'It looks black ovver Bill's mothers', she would say. This had nothing to do with Bill's mother off course but being young and impressionable I always wondered why the weather was crap over just one poor sods house.

I was led to believe that thunder came from Jimmy Thunder who was a builder. The sound produced was Jimmy emptying his huge wheelbarrow which was full of bricks. There were so many bricks that the noise could be heard for miles. My Grandfather (God bless his soul) was a great storyteller.

I used to believe that if you stood on a toadstool, that it would turn into a dragon and eat you. Countryside walks became lightfooted journeys of pure fear thanks to the twisted lies of my dad.

I asked my dad where the wind came from, and he said it was because of the trees waving their branches.
Bastard.

I was certain that rain was created by God having a pee and flushing his huge toilet above us

I used to believe…

that hills were giants buried underground...

If you held a buttercup under your chin and got a yellow reflection then you liked butter!

I thought that all the Rivers were numbered (in the way roads are) - as I knew about the River Seven, Tens and Fourth (Severn, Thames and Forth)

Living on the Somerset coast, we can see the south coast of Wales. I used to believe when the tide went out it was in over in Wales. I was always jealous as they seemed to have it much more often than us...

I used to beleive that thunder was made by the clouds crashing together,and that lightening was the light being pushed out from between the clouds when they crashed together!

I used to believe…

That the trees made the wind by waving