My aunt once told me, upon catching me with my finger in my nose, that if I kept it up, my nostrils would get bigger and bigger from my finger stretching them out. Instead of quitting my bad habit, I would squeeze my nostrils together after picking, hoping that it would work.
A childhood belief about picking my nose
others believed things like this
- My grandparents always told me that if I picked my nose too much, my nose would get bigger.— The Mortal Elf
- 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
- When i was a kid, i used to think that my dads moustache grew out of his nostrils — l.j.
- My mother used ot tell me that if I picked my nose the 'Nose Spider' would bite my finger off.— Melanie
- I used to gag when I ate english muffins because the holes in the bread looked like nostrils.Anon