My dad is missing a finger from a carpentry accident. When we were little he would tell us that when he was little he was picking his now and a little man who lives in there bit off his finger. Needless to say, we never picked our noses again.
A childhood belief about picking my nose

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that a half moon was gods finger nail, and his finger was pointing downwards.— clo
- I used to believe that if you picked your nose far up enough, a snail at the top would bite your finger.— Jenny
- My mom told me that if I picked my nose, my finger would stay there someday!!— baxter
- My mother used ot tell me that if I picked my nose the 'Nose Spider' would bite my finger off.— Melanie
- Never point at a grave, if you do your finger will rot off.— KL.R
- I used to believe that if my finger was ever cut off, it would grow back.— Chrissy