I used to belive that if you picked your nose so far in with you pinkie, the nose monster would come and bite off your finger.
A childhood belief about picking my nose

others believed things like this
- 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 if you picked your nose far up enough, a snail at the top would bite your finger.— Jenny
- My mom told me that if I picked my nose, my finger would stay there someday!!— baxter
- 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
- i used to belive that if i picked my nose my head would cave in— me