When I was a child I believed my father when he told me that sniffling would make my mucous go up into my brain so I had better use a tissue and blow my nose instead.
A childhood belief about being ill
others believed things like this
- I used to think that if you didn't blow your nose and just sniffed the snot up, you head would blow up.Anon
- When I was a child my father warned me that if i picked my nose, my eye would fall out!— ras
- my mom told not to pick my nose because if i fell i would poke my brain.— brent
- i was always told if i picked my nose my brain would fall out! i belived it for years!Anon
- My Gran told me that if I picked my nose, I´d get brain cancer. Traumatised? Yes I was!— Windy Girl
- i used to believe that if you picked
your nose your brain would cave in...— mr bogtrotter