once, when I was little, my grandmother told me that if I bit my nails, the nail would grow into a hand and come out of my eye.
A childhood belief about biting my nails

others believed things like this
- when i was 6 my mom told me that if you bit your nails a hand would grow in your stomachAnon
- If you bite your nails, a hand will grow in your stomach.— Miss Laura
- I used to believe that if I bit my finger nails, a hand would grow in my stomach. Anon
- I didn't know whether nail files were supposed to make your nails sharper or duller.Anon
- i was told that if i kept biting my nails i would grow hairs on my tongue i was 10 yrs old by the way— charlotte anderson
- I beleived that if i bit my fingers then the nails in my stomach would soon form a hand and rip up my insides!— Amanda T.