My dad used to say if he caught any of us picking our noses 'Did you catch the monkey?', so I believe there was a monkey up my nose!! Never questioned how it got there or how a big monkey could live in my nose but it kept me thnking for years!
A childhood belief about picking my nose

others believed things like this
- My father used to call soya sauce "monkey blood". I didn't even consider tasting it for years!— Me
- when i was a kid i used to believe the monkey could speak— killian
- i used to think that kiwis were monkey eggs— alyssa
- I used to think monk was short for monkey.Anon
- When i was 5, i thought that bananas were monkey poop.— jade-isabelle
- when ever i ate broccoli i thaught the monkey from Lion King was in there— Simon