My mum used to tell me if you accidently swallowed a bit of your nail it would go down inside you and make your appendix explode. I soon discovered this wasnt true and carried on biting my nails.
A childhood belief about biting my nails
others believed things like this
- If you swallowed chewing gum it would make a balloon inside you and your stomach would explodeAnon
- 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
- 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
- My dad use to tell me that if I swallowed gum it would plug up my bum hole and eventually I would explode,— Carrie