We all have those little things that you believe in. Bad things happen in 3's, watermelon seeds will grow in your stomach, etc.
Here are my childhood beliefs:
You can glow but only if you eat enough fire flies
If you catch 100 ladybugs and set them free in the living room, you will have good luck (this one was lucky for the cats)
If you hold your breath for 10 seconds, your little brother will fall asleep.
Dandelion puff balls are good luck if you can blow them all off in 1 go
If you bring home a kitten (or puppy) and you name it, your Mom will let you keep it
Box turtles enjoy being used as racing turtles (note, we never figured out if they did cause our Dad always made us put them back)
Hawks are good luck, the more you see, the better your day will be
The Momma cat will ALWAYS lead you to her kittens AND she won't bite you if you pick one up
When your brother says Gimme, he will always get what he wanted
If YOU say Gimme to your little brother, you will make him cry everytime
Cats enjoy being spray painted (Dad doesn't like it tho so you gotta be sneaky)
For every monarch butterfly you watch grow from a caterpillar into the crystallis, someone on the other side of the world will be happy (don't ask, I just believed it)
If you sleep with a foot outside of the covers, it will be snatched during the night by the dude who lives under your bed
FOLLOW UP: If you sleep with your feet tucked inside the covers, the dude who lives under your bed will give you a quarter
The smaller the coin, the less it's worth
If you can jump from your doorway onto your bed, that dude who lives under it can't get you
There is something that will grab your feet when you use the basement stairs (dirt basement & stairs were open)
If you wait until 5:55 every night to go to the tree hideout, the raccoons there won't growl at you
All grates can and will open when you walk over them - I still have problems walking over a grate, I avoid them like the plague
When you have chicken pox, the little red dots will hatch into baby chick's
If a calf is born the same time as a litter of kittens, they will be friends forever
And finally my favorite: if you pray hard enough, your Mom will have a puppy instead of a brother (I was disappointed)
