i always thought if you stuck your finger far enough up your nose a snail would bite off your nail or finger so i kept my finger away from my nose....
A childhood belief about picking my nose

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if you picked your nose far up enough, a snail at the top would bite your finger.— Jenny
- my grandpa told me if you pick your nose too far then a snail will bite your finger off haAnon
- that there was a sharp toothed snail inside my nose, waiting to bite my finger off— diana
- My mother used ot tell me that if I picked my nose the 'Nose Spider' would bite my finger off.— Melanie
- I used to believe that a half moon was gods finger nail, and his finger was pointing downwards.— clo
- My mom told me that if I picked my nose, my finger would stay there someday!!— baxter