when i was young my mother told me if i eat to much candy , gum , and chips that worms was going to come out of my nose
A childhood belief about sweeties
others believed things like this
- When I was little my parents would tell me if I ate candy before noon I would get worms.— Jenny
- I heard a mother in the street tell her young son not to pick his nose...because his head would cave in. — Ruby
- When I asked my mother how Elvis died, she told me that he ate too much candy. — Katie B
- My mother used ot tell me that if I picked my nose the 'Nose Spider' would bite my finger off.— Melanie
- My mother told me if I ate too much butter I'd get worms. I didn't eat too much butter...— Dicky
- My mother told me that if I picked my nose it would turn into a pigs trotter!— Lynne S :o)