When i was about 5, my mum used to tell me:
a. picking your nose made your eyes fall out
b. sitting on the pavement gave you piles
c. putting anything metal in your mouth gave you "kankers" whatever that was!!!
I think I never got kankers though one cant be sure...
A childhood belief about picking my nose
others believed things like this
- I used to think, that if you're picking in your nose too much, you push your eye out.— Joanna
- When I was younger, I used to think that picking your nose was against the law.Anon
- I used to believe if you picked your nose, your brains would fall out your nose.Anon
- Picking your nose and eating it. Hey! Tastes like chicken and only half the calories— Henry the Seventh
- I used to believe that brown cows gave chocolate milk, and that white cows gave white milk.— James
- When I was little my friend told me that if you snease with your eyes open you eyes will fall out!Anon