When I was about 5, my sister told me that boogers were brain cells and that every time you picked your nose or sneezed, you got stupider. I refused to blow my nose in the winter and pinched my nose everytime I sneezed. Thanks for the ear infections Marie.
A childhood belief about picking my nose
others believed things like this
- My brother used to tell me if I picked my nose I would become more stupid because bogey were brain cellsAnon
- When I was in Kindergarten I was told if I picked my nose my nose will go into eternal bleeding— Sam
- My grandparents always told me that if I picked my nose too much, my nose would get bigger.— The Mortal Elf
- i was always told if i picked my nose my brain would fall out! i belived it for years!Anon
- My Gran told me that if I picked my nose, I´d get brain cancer. Traumatised? Yes I was!— Windy Girl
- My mother used ot tell me that if I picked my nose the 'Nose Spider' would bite my finger off.— Melanie