When I was about 5 my mom made we wear a glove so I wouldn't suck my thumb. I saw my grandmother wearing gloves one Sunday and assumed she too sucked her thumb and called her out on it.
A childhood belief about sucking my thumb
others believed things like this
- My friend told me that if you sucked your thumb, your skin would get all mushy and your thumb would fall off.— Lauren
- In old west lore, Billy the Kid was called 'buck toothed'. I thought this was because he sucked his thumb. — Monty
- I used to believe that your thumb would come off if you sucked your thumb too much— Anonymous
- My mom used to tell me that if I sucked my thumb, my teeth would get so bent up, they would all fall out— I dont suck my thumb anymore
- If you suck your thumb it would eventually go black, shrivel up and fall off.— Charlotte
- My mom told me that if you suck your thumb, wourms would crawl up out of the ground and eat it up!— Kat