My mom told my sister and I that if you bite your fingernails you would get worms. I still don't bite my nails.
A childhood belief about biting my nails

others believed things like this
- 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
- If you bite your nails, a hand will grow in your stomach.— Miss Laura
- My sister told me that if I picked my nose there were snail creatures inside of it that would bite my fingers.Anon
- I used to believe that I would get worms if I bit my fingernails. — Leslie
- That bitng my nails would cause worms in my tummyAnon
- my grandpa told me if you pick your nose too far then a snail will bite your finger off haAnon