I was told as a kid that if you picked your nose and ate it your skin would turn green.
I often wondered about the origins of the Incredible Hulk...
A childhood belief about picking my nose

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that God was the Incredible Hulk - he was green and muscly and had purple trousers.— Emma
- My mother told me that if I picked my nose it would turn into a pigs trotter!— Lynne S :o)
- My mum told me that if you picked your nose and flicked it on the floor then it would turn into a monster!— MadMack
- 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
- my friend thought that the film 'the hulk' was about the jolly green giant from the sweetcorn adverts.— patticus