My mum used to tell me that if I picked my nose, I would poke my brain and I won't be as smart as I should be when I was older :)
A childhood belief about picking my nose

others believed things like this
- my mom told not to pick my nose because if i fell i would poke my brain.— brent
- when I was a kid my neighbor told me if I picked my nose I would poke out my eye. I believe him. — Jane
- i used to believe that if you picked
your nose your brain would cave in...— mr bogtrotter - when i was little my mum used to tell me if i picked my nose too much my brain would fall out!!! think it did— Maz
- i was always told if i picked my nose my brain would fall out! i belived it for years!Anon
- My Gran told me that if I picked my nose, I´d get brain cancer. Traumatised? Yes I was!— Windy Girl