When I was about 6, (I am 12 now) my grandma told me that if I ate my boogers, that worms would grow in my stomach. I believed her and I stopped.
A childhood belief about picking my nose

others believed things like this
- If you eat your boogers you'll get worms— Kit
- my grandma told me not to eat pizza coz the "brown squiggly" stuff there arent burnt cheese but WORMS!
— Mimi - I used to believe that if I ate my boogers, the Boogy Man would grow inside of me.— Brianne
- I used to believe that if I ate my boogers a booger tree would grow out of my head!— Kimmy G
- I use to believe that if I ate to much sugar just by itself, it would become worms inside my stomach.Anon
- I used to think that if I ate sugar out of the sugarbowl I would get worms in my stomach.— Arc