My grandmother installed such a believe that if I kept biting my finger-nails that I'd grow a hand in my stomach, that when I had the flu at school I told the teacher that this is what I thought it the problem was.
A childhood belief about biting my nails
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if I bit my finger nails, a hand would grow in my stomach. Anon
- when i was 6 my mom told me that if you bit your nails a hand would grow in your stomachAnon
- If you bite your nails, a hand will grow in your stomach.— Miss Laura
- i was told that if i kept biting my nails i would grow hairs on my tongue i was 10 yrs old by the way— charlotte anderson
- My Dad told me that biting my nails would result in a large toenail being attached to my stomach lining.— LindaAG
- I beleived that if i bit my fingers then the nails in my stomach would soon form a hand and rip up my insides!— Amanda T.