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My grandparents, who lived in a beautiful country house, had me catching fireflies when I was just a brat. I truly believed that during the night, while put in a glass turned upside down, they would transform into a coin, as every morning I woke up to see a coin under that very glass that restrained the firefly.
Ricardo
I only found out last year that a pony is not a baby horse.
Mescaline Frumblethond
When i was younger, i used to believe haggis was a real creature. i was told by my step-grandad, that haggis had one leg bigger than the other so that they could run along hills faster. They were red and hairy... it took me until i was twelve to find out... being a veggie didn't help! Whoops!
sexyseraphin
top belief!
I used to believe that parana fish were invisable.
Jane
I believed the obvious ... jersey's as they're called in NZ, (not pull-overs)came from jersey cows. Life was much simpler back then!
Gloria Jolly
top belief!
i used to believe that cows were just grown up sheep! This was due to my mother saying "You'll be old as cows before you realise."!
Charlotte geande
when i was small i thought rats mutated into bats
top belief!
When my sister was younger we were in Wales and she was chasing sheep. I felt so sorry for them because they were so scared I told her that she would kill them by making them run. She asked why and I told her that sheep don't have knees so when they run their legs snap and they die. Both her and my mum believed it!!!! The sheep were eternally grateful though!!!
Gug
top belief!
When my cousin was about 5 years old, and I was 17, I had a green leather coat. Driving past a field of cows one day, she asked me how we got green leather, so I told her that cows came in all colours of the rainbow, but the colourful ones lived in underground bunkers so the normal cows didn't get jealous. She went home and old her mum this, and when she laughed and told her I was winding her up, she went in a huge huff at her mum for lying to her and wouldn't talk to her until I confessed!
Marie
Someone told me that sharks could kill in eighteen inches of water - it was several years before I could stay in the bath for more than 30 seconds (I still can't bear to have a bath within 24 hours of seeing Jaws on TV - and I am 41 now. I really didn't think I'd ever admit this to anyone!).
Amanda
top belief!
When I was small, I sat up one night watching Jaws. It absolutely terrified me and gave me an incredible fear of sharks - so much so that as a child I would never even sleep in blue sheets in case Jaws would come and get me (blue being the colour of the sea obviously! Well, it made sense to me!).
NidNad
i was told that a frisky horse had a sore whatsit wrapped in a bandage (which it still looks like to me) and that a neighbours frisky dog was 'allergic' to my blue pullover - i avoided wearing it after that!
eric irwin, aged 50 and a half - northern ireland
When I was 10, being Scottish, my dad told me the story about how a haggis is an animal that lives in the mountains and has three legs - two long and a short one at the other side, so it can run round the side of the mountains easily. Next day at school, we were discussing wildlife that was unique to Scotland - I decided to retell the story of the haggis, much to my friends' delight and my embarrassment. I'm 24 now and I've nearly forgiven him for ruining what little street cred I had!
jilly
top belief!
I tricked my 6 yr old son into beleiving that hedgehogs hunt fish by hiding on riverbeds and leaping upwards to catch fish on their spikes. I told him to watch for hedgehogs rolling on riverbanks to release the fish to eat. He told all his friends, and ended up in an argument with his teacher. He is now 14. He has never forgotten or forgiven and vows revenge.
essexbob
top belief!
for years I thought a rubber sheep inhabited our garden. I was about 8 or 9 before it turned into a rubbish heap.
top belief!
I used to live near Windsor Castle in England. My parents both told me that all of the sheep on the reservoirs near to Windsor had crowns on their heads and of course, belonged to the Queen. Naturally, I believed them...
Martin
Beeing from Austria my fahter told me that there are left and right cows. All depending wich way they walk around the steep hills, and therefore having shorter or longer legs on one side
Magic
Whne I was a little girl, my dad told me that sheep were born with 2 legs shorter on one side of their bodies to enable them to graze on the sides of hills - and I believed him!!!!
Anon
my wife(when she was a little Girl) was told by her Dad that sheep had shorter legs on one side so that they could stand up on hill sides.
Jeff Carter
When I was a child, if I played up at bedtime, my mum would tell me that the nine o'clock horses would be coming!
Max
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