As a child I was told by grown ups, not to pick my nose or my eyes would fall out.
A childhood belief about picking my nose

others believed things like this
- if you pick your nose your brains will fall out!Anon
- My kids believe if they pick their nose their butts will fall off!— wendy
- My wife used to tell our kids that if you pick your nose your brains would fall out— grampy
- When I was a child my father warned me that if i picked my nose, my eye would fall out!— ras
- When I was little my friend told me that if you snease with your eyes open you eyes will fall out!Anon
- My mum always told me not to pick my nose and eat it because spiders would grow in my tummy......— Ben