I met a train driver who was really concerned when he saw me sucking my thumb, he showed me his and it was missing and he said he sucked it till it fell off. I never sucked my thumb again and always felt so sad for that man.
A childhood belief about sucking my thumb
others believed things like this
- My friend told me that if you sucked your thumb, your skin would get all mushy and your thumb would fall off.— Lauren
- I used to believe that your thumb would come off if you sucked your thumb too much— Anonymous
- My mom used to tell me that if I sucked my thumb, my teeth would get so bent up, they would all fall out— I dont suck my thumb anymore
- i thought that if you sucked yerr thumb long enough it would turn green. dont ask why! — jordan
- In old west lore, Billy the Kid was called 'buck toothed'. I thought this was because he sucked his thumb. — Monty
- My mother told me that if I kept sucking my thumb I would grow another one out the side of the first one.Anon