I believed, because I was told by my big brother, that if you picked your nose and ate it, it would all coagulate (I don;t think I knew that word then) into a large ball in your body and you'd then die...
A childhood belief about picking my nose

others believed things like this
- when i was small my brother always told me that if you picked your nose your head would cave in— Eric
- When I was in Kindergarten I was told if I picked my nose my nose will go into eternal bleeding— Sam
- My grandparents always told me that if I picked my nose too much, my nose would get bigger.— The Mortal Elf
- My brother used to tell me if I picked my nose I would become more stupid because bogey were brain cellsAnon
- Thanks to my Nan I believed if I picked my nose my head would "cave in!"— Tilly
- My mother used ot tell me that if I picked my nose the 'Nose Spider' would bite my finger off.— Melanie