I always used to suck my left thumb!! until I was quite old I am ashamed to say! My Mum persuaded me to give up this habit by telling me if I kept sucking my thumb it would end up falling off!
A childhood belief about sucking my thumb
others believed things like this
- my brother stopped me sucking my thumb by telling me the scissor man would come and cut it off
he was evilAnon - my mother was able to stop me from sucking my thumb by telling me it would rust and fall off!!— lv
- My mother told me that if I kept sucking my thumb I would grow another one out the side of the first one.Anon
- My mother told me when i was 5 that Santa wouldn't come if i kept sucking my thumb. — Traumatized
- My friend told me that if you sucked your thumb, your skin would get all mushy and your thumb would fall off.— Lauren
- my nana told my brother that if he continued sucking his thumb, it would turn into a matchstick. — tracy g