My mother told me that if I bit my nails that the skin would grow over my nails and my fingers would look like drumsticks. That was enough to scare me to death.
A childhood belief about biting my nails
others believed things like this
- 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
- i used to think that biting my nails would make my fingers fall off! ;)— Cassandra
- i used to believe that polishing your nails also consisted of painting your fingers. Anon
- when i was 6 my mom told me that if you bit your nails a hand would grow in your stomachAnon
- 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.