when i was little my grandfather had me convinced he had dropped his thumb(lost in a welding accident)and would have me looking all over the house for it. another popular story he told was that he had fought with a bear, and while turning it inside out, got his thumb bit off.
A childhood belief about general
others believed things like this
- My friend told me that if you sucked your thumb, your skin would get all mushy and your thumb would fall off.— Lauren
- I used to believe that your thumb would come off if you sucked your thumb too much— Anonymous
- My mother told me that if I kept sucking my thumb I would grow another one out the side of the first one.Anon
- My mother told me when i was 5 that Santa wouldn't come if i kept sucking my thumb. — Traumatized
- My mom told me that if you suck your thumb, wourms would crawl up out of the ground and eat it up!— Kat
- my nana told my brother that if he continued sucking his thumb, it would turn into a matchstick. — tracy g