My babysitter used to tell me that if I bit my nails, hands would start growing in my stomach. I had nightmares for ages.
A childhood belief about biting my nails

others believed things like this
- My dad always told me never to swallow the pips from apples because trees would start growing in my stomach!!— ALISON W
- I used to think that growing pains meant that a tomato plant was growing in your stomach.— Annette
- If you bite your nails, a hand will grow in your stomach.— Miss Laura
- when i was 6 my mom told me that if you bit your nails a hand would grow in your stomachAnon
- I used to believe that if I bit my finger nails, a hand would grow in my stomach. Anon
- when i was 6 i used to belive if u ate ur toe nails u would grow a foot in ur stomach— chris