My mothers' friend once told me that if I bite my nails too much that the nail pieces would pop holes in me and when I drank water it would just flow out the holes. I can't remember how old I was, but I remember finding it funny and biting my nails anyway.
A childhood belief about biting my nails
others believed things like this
- 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
- My Dad told me that biting my nails would result in a large toenail being attached to my stomach lining.— LindaAG
- i used to think that biting my nails would make my fingers fall off! ;)— Cassandra
- I didn't know whether nail files were supposed to make your nails sharper or duller.Anon
- when i was little my sister told me that when i bite my nails it would cut through my skin and i would die! — nn
- If you bite your nails, a hand will grow in your stomach.— Miss Laura