My sister used to tell me that the only way the veins in your wrists could be blue was when a witch had put a spell on you. She said the only way to counter it was to lick a snail shell...And I dont recommend them :S
A childhood belief about witches

others believed things like this
- I used to be afraid of moving my wrists incase i snapped my veins and bled to death.— Tender veins
- I thought the blue veins in some cheeses were actually blood vessesls!— Helen
- I used to believe that the sky is just a very thin blue egg shell— Alan
- My sister told me that if I picked my nose there were snail creatures inside of it that would bite my fingers.Anon
- When my sister told one of my brothers her e-mail address, he thought to spell out “at” instead of typing “@”.— EJ - no longer computer illiterate!
- Rain contained snail eggs...mmmm— klaus