i used to believe that boogers were the result of bees and flies and other insects that would fly up your nose and die in there. I must say, it didn't bother me at all to be eating dead bugs...
A childhood belief about picking my nose

others believed things like this
- I used to think bogies were made of dead flies which had flown up my nose.— Kate
- I used to think that raisins were dead flies. I only recently started to eat them again.— Toinette'
- My dad told me that raisins were the dead flies from the windowsill— Kellie
- I used to think there were little booger factories in your nose that made boogers.— Melith
- My brother used to believe that dried out boogers were actually "paving" the inside of your nose. — sm
- One day i told my mom that i wouldnt pick my nose until the boogers made it look like i was a walrus— Lotta Thang