When i was younger my mom told me if i bite my nails and eat them that they would stay in my stomach and become a great big ball and i would have to have surgery to take it out.
( trust me i dont bite my nails anymore)
A childhood belief about biting my nails
others believed things like this
- If you bite your nails, a hand will grow in your stomach.— Miss Laura
- 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
- when i was 6 my mom told me that if you bit your nails a hand would grow in your stomachAnon
- My Dad told me that biting my nails would result in a large toenail being attached to my stomach lining.— LindaAG
- I used to believe that if I bit my finger nails, a hand would grow in my stomach. Anon
- when i was 6 i used to belive if u ate ur toe nails u would grow a foot in ur stomach— chris