when my sister was little, she went through a nose-picking phase. my parents solved this by telling her that a finger-eating snail lived in her nose and that if she picked it, the snail would bite off her finger. terrified, she believed it and stopped picking her nose.
A childhood belief about picking my nose
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if you picked your nose far up enough, a snail at the top would bite your finger.— Jenny
- my grandpa told me if you pick your nose too far then a snail will bite your finger off haAnon
- that there was a sharp toothed snail inside my nose, waiting to bite my finger off— diana
- My sister told me that if I picked my nose there were snail creatures inside of it that would bite my fingers.Anon
- My mother used ot tell me that if I picked my nose the 'Nose Spider' would bite my finger off.— Melanie
- Picking your nose and eating it. Hey! Tastes like chicken and only half the calories— Henry the Seventh