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I used to believe that all Street-Lamps were turned off at Midnight.
When I was 5 I moved with my Mum & Dad and Brother & Siser to Kenilworth, which has a very old, ruined castle. We went to see some houses in Kenilworth before we moved there, and on the same day we visited the castle. Until we actually moved to Kenilworth (into a 3-bed semi) I thought we were going to live in the castle, and had nightmares about it!
Tim (nice but dim)
I used to believe there was a tunnel running lengthways underneath the road, along which a man ran along at night switching the ‘cat’s eyes’ on and off.
Louis
I used to think that there were the exact same number of houses in the world as there were families, therefore if you wanted to move house you had to wait for another family who wanted to move on the same day, and you would both swap houses!
Vikki
I used to believe when I was little that when those gas stations had the signs outside that said "Clean Restrooms", that it meant that you had to clean the restroom! LOL
Charlotte
I used to see signs all over the place saying 'PARK AND RIDE' and wondered why my parents never to took me to this Park, which I presumed had swings and slides and Rides, like a fun fair.
Imagine my dissappointment years later when I discovered that PARK AND RIDE were out of town car parks where you can PARK your car and RIDE free on the bus into the town centre.
Angie
top belief!
You know how 4-lane roads have the three strips in the middle? I used to think that the wide strips were roads for invisible mice and the spaces between the strips were roads for invisible cats, I was really obsessed with small furry animals in those days.
Magz
when i was just 5, i remember like it was yesterday, driving with my mom one night and i was asking her questions, and then i saw the search\spot light circling in the sky, { from a store's grand opening}...and i asked her what it was, and she told me it was looking for me, i better hide so they dont get me!! i flew down to the floor and wet my pants,
sassy
I used to believe there was a tribe of indians living behind a long wooden fence alongside the path I used to take to school. I had to hold my breath as I went past this fence or they would kill me. What a tribe of indians was doing in the middle of Cambridgeshire I really don't know.
Claire
I uesed to believe that when I posted a letter a little person would snatch the letter from my hand and run along a tunnel to its destination. The "little person" would appear like a mole in the garden of the recipient and post it through thier letterbox. It was years before I connected the friendly postman with the receiving of mail.
Rita Rush Southampton
top belief!
you know how sidewalks have the main squares and then the little three-inch borders next to the street? when i was 5 i thought that we walked on the people sidewalk and that that was the birdie sidewalk.
forbitten
When I was about 10 to 15 I thought that if I weaved back and forth when I walked, that if someone shot at me, they'd have a better chance of missing.
TopTopper
top belief!
When in large traffic jams when I was a child (around 3 or 4), I used to wonder what was at the FRONT of the line of cars. I decided it must be someone important and was fully convinced that it was Abraham Lincoln. I don't think I realized what 'dead' means.
Sarah Kie
On the way to my old nan's house where we used to go regularly there was a large hotel. My mum used to tell me that it was a childrens home for naughty kids and if i didnt behave i would end up in there. It wasnt until i could read the letters on the front "MOATHOUSE HOTEL" that i knew she was a big fat liar
mummbles
top belief!
I used to know a girl at school who'd been told when she was very young that cats eyes in the road were gnomes under the road with torches who had to run along and shine their torches through the holes as you drive along.
when I was in the second grade, there was no busing if you lived in the city and I used to have to walk about a mile to my home. there was a sign on this one street I used to have to walk on and there was a sign that said "speed meter ahead" I could read but had no clue what a speed meter was but it sounded like something I did not want to see. So I would always take a detour around that street.
harold
When I walked home from school, I made sure I never stepped on a crack in the sidewalk. I believed in that if you step on a crack you break your mothers back.
Turbalence
when i was kid, i believed dynamite was something you sprayed on rocks and then they would dissapear
big googely
On sunny days, sometimes the pavement sparkles. I used to think that maybe one day I would find a real diamond in it, so I should keep looking very carefully at the sidewalk whenever I walked. My mom told me it was pretty unlikely, but I figured it was worth looking, just in case!
Tikifish
My older brother and I were out riding our tricycles, and a car drove by. The man in it gave us the OK sign (thumb and index finger making a circle). I asked my brother what the sign meant, and he said 'That means he's going to come back and kill us later.' I was terified!
Tikifish
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