Hi Renton.

I believed that your bones might melt if you sat too near to the fire. 

My Mum told me that when I was about 8.

Turned out, it was because SHE wanted to hog the fire!     

Clever mum.

I always believed that if you rubbed half a potato on a wart and buried it in the garden it would disappear 

The BBC website has an item today about a letter sent to the Leicester City Council by a concerned citizen.

Zombie letter in full

Dear Leicester City Council,

Can you please let us know what provisions you have in place in the event of a zombie invasion? Having watched several films it is clear that preparation for such an event is poor and one that councils throughout the kingdom must prepare for.

Please provide any information you may have.

Yours faithfully,

Concerned Citizen

I believed that Point Blank Range was a place where silly people went.  I mean, there were loads of people getting shot there so why did people keep going to Point Blank Range?   I thought it was like a holliday 'ranch'.

And I also believed, for years, the story my Dad told me about how he was chased by Indians when he was walking in our countryside.  That was told to me so I wouldn't venture too far up the country roads.

I beleived that thunder was the sound of clouds bumping together!   Doh!!!!

My mother told me that...  

My mammy told me it was God moving his furniture and lightening was him switching the lights on  

My Granddad used to tell me that if I ate crusts I would get curly teeth....I never believed him though I just thought he was a bit mental.

My mum said you got curly hair if you ate the crusts. But since I already had curly hair, it didn't make any difference to me.

My grandma told me to eat the crusts so I would get nice curly hair.... I never ate the crusts and I have curly hair

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when I lived in England I took my son to the Park and Ride..I thought it was a funfair....

I hope you binned the tato after! 

Some on here are old things I used to believe too.  One was my mum told me that if you sit next to the fire, your bones would dry out, so that is similar to Scotty.  And the God moving the furniture when it thunders thing, also the crusts and curly hair thing.  I am sure there are more...

My mother told me if I ate burned toast I would sing better.

And I will 'fess up to believing in Santa Claus until I was in 4th grade. There's no WAY my parents could afford TWO bicycles for my sister and me!

What age are you in 4th grade Lori?  I think I was P5....which means I was 9.  I'm wondering if my son (9) will know before this xmas   Spoils the fun I think.

4th grade is about 8 to 9 years old I think Ella.  I believed in Santa til i was about 10 or 11.  Yes really..  

I might have been a tad older than 9 Cupcake but I think round the P5 mark I started to have my doubts.  Lol it's such a big thing too.....takes months to finally accept it!

Awww, yes it is hard... I was gutted when I found out. 

Yes, it was 9 or so....but I was arguing with everyone in my class, because none of them believed anymore.

On some level, I STILL believe!! My favorite Christmas story is The Polar Express.

I still hear the bells.

Thats the cutest thing I have heard in years...   My cousin's 16 year old daughter claims she still believes.... She always has and refuses to say she doesn't.  She gets the pee taken out of her, but doesn't care..  Awwwwwww.....

When I was young I believed that Red Indians lived in the electricity substation at the end of our road and they would come and get me if I made a noise as I walked past.

  Did someone tell you that?

Yes, my sister  

awww,

My sister told me any NUMBER of untrue things, Smarting. I had a rep as being somewhat gullible.

Me too.  Mine also told me that once a man reaches the age of 70 his tinkler (not sure if that word is in the American dictionary) drops off.

My Dad told me it was the Angels playing snooker

Is that the Los Angeles/Anaheim Angels?

No WONDER they are doing so badly at baseball! They are otherwise occupied with snooker!

I was told it was God being angry (I had Catholic parents !) 

My niece believed all bar codes on products were security devices and scanning them de-activated them.

Lori

I've been listening to the show that Renton mentioned, the one I heard on the radio that made me laugh was the girl who believed that rumble strips on the motorway were there so that blind drivers would know they were approaching a turning......

Tad scary, that....

My mam told me.......when I was pulling a face, if the wind blows, you'll stay like that