around the house

One night late on my mum decided to vacuum the lounge. My sister told my brother and I that she was doing so because it was Hoover McDonald Day; and that if we went to anyone elses house right at that moment we'd find all the mums doing the same

Moheeni :-)

My Mum always told my sisters and I that we couldn't have chocolate decorations on the Christmas tree because the fairy lights would melt them. It wasn't until I was much,much older and had my own Christmas tree,I realised that wasn't true. When I told my mum about my discovery, she just laughed!

Nin - a slow learner

When i was little, i used to wonder what happened to 'upstairs' when no-one was around to see it...I thought things were only there if someone was looking at them. Therefore, when you walk down the stairs, upstairs vanishes until the next time somene walks up there...

Kelly

wen i was young i used to think there was a man who lived under my kitchen sink and for years i would never open the cupboard under it incase he came out and kidnapped me!!!!!!!!!!!!

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my grandad used to tell me that if i put my fingers in plug sockets they'd bite me. i believed him and i thought that little people lived in there.

Brody Armstrong

When i was younger i beleived that if I didn't stir anything the right way (clockwise) Then the devil would get me!

Neen

I used to be scared to close the windows at night - reaching out across the black space (even when it was only 5 inches) used to freak me out, kept thinking something would reach up and grab my hand - and it wouldn't be a person. I would have to do it really fast or not at all.

Mel G

Our family lived in Malawi Africa and often there were power cuts. The candles were lit and at 5 years old I firmly believed that the candles helped the electricity come back on.

Simmy

dad shouted up one morning to me and my bro to search for a cat that had run upstairs when the front door was open. We spent hours searching for it. Of course it was a ploy to keep us upstairs for hours.....

bird

dad shouted upstairs to me and my brother one morning to make sure that we wear our wellies all day around the house as the washing machine had exploded and soaked the carpets.......we did, for a whole day. Little did we know that the washing machine was fine

bird

When I was around 8, I found the knob to the bathroom door all messed up one morning. My father told me that a burgaler had come in the night before and broken into the bathroom. I believed that story for many years. Now, I think he probably broke it himself somehow. He still denies telling me that story, however.

Shishka

I used to believe that "Swarfega" was a disease.

Alan Brindley

When I was growing up I used to believe that the people in the posters hanging on my walls would come to life when I wasn't in the room!!! I used to try to "catch" them by opening the door REALLY fast!!!

Gina