My Mum used to tell me that if I picked my nose, it would cave in. I have a memory of waking up one day and my nose was full of dried mucus. I obviously had a cold with a blocked nose but I believed my Mum's prophercy had come true. I never picked it again (until I was older.)
A childhood belief about picking my nose
you weren't the only one
44 of you believed this
- 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 used to believe that if you picked your nose then your head would cave in!— Sir Jared
- I heard a mother in the street tell her young son not to pick his nose...because his head would cave in. — Ruby
- my mum once told me if you picked your nose your brains came out!!!!— smiley : )
- My wife used to tell our kids that if you pick your nose your brains would fall out— grampy
- i used to belive that if i picked my nose my head would cave in— me