When I was 3 or 4 I used to eat my boogers(gross i know, but I was young so SHUT UP!) and my mom's friend said if I ate them my veins will pop out of my skin and I believed her of course.
A childhood belief about picking my nose

others believed things like this
- i used to think boogers were chewing gum. Gross, i know!— ediop
- my aunt used to have an imaginary friend who instead of having blood had 7-up in her veins.Anon
- When I was little I believed that boogers were parts of my brain that got used up.Anon
- When I was young I thought that police had soft skin, because this is how it sounds in French " Peau lisse "
— amine - I thought the blue veins in some cheeses were actually blood vessesls!— Helen
- In 'Call Me Maybe', I misheard 'Ripped jeans skin' as 'Rich cheese skin'. — Carly Rae Cheddar