my nan told me that if i picked my nose my hand would turn into a pigs trotter. then my grandad would sneak up behind me with a pigs trotter up his sleeve to add back up to her story. wish i'd known about social services then.
A childhood belief about picking my nose

others believed things like this
- My mother told me that if I picked my nose it would turn into a pigs trotter!— Lynne S :o)
- My grandma told me she used to think pigs came out of tree stumps.Anon
- My mum told me that if you picked your nose and flicked it on the floor then it would turn into a monster!— MadMack
- sheep were wooly pigs— CJ
- i used to believe that sausages were to pigs as eggs are to hens— stuart swanston
- I believed that pigs could actually fly. I'm 13 and found out this year that they can't.— Boy I'm Blonde