My boyfriend has told me that when he was little he believed his father when he told him that if he picked his nose and ate the snot, they would rot his teeth.
A childhood belief about picking my nose

others believed things like this
- When I was in Kindergarten I was told if I picked my nose my nose will go into eternal bleeding— Sam
- My grandparents always told me that if I picked my nose too much, my nose would get bigger.— The Mortal Elf
- When I was a child my father warned me that if i picked my nose, my eye would fall out!— ras
- my mum once told me if you picked your nose your brains came out!!!!— smiley : )
- My mom told me if I picked my nose, I would get cancer.— xxXSaraXxx
- when I was a kid my neighbor told me if I picked my nose I would poke out my eye. I believe him. — Jane