When my brother was little my grandpa used to tell us that he had lost his fingers from picking his nose. My little bro still does it though.
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
- Picking your nose and eating it. Hey! Tastes like chicken and only half the calories— Henry the Seventh
- My Grandpa told me if I picked my nose I could accidentally pull out my eye. — Jan St. Louis
- my grandpa told me if you pick your nose too far then a snail will bite your finger off haAnon
- My sister told me that if I picked my nose there were snail creatures inside of it that would bite my fingers.Anon