My mom used to tell me that the dirt under my nails contained worm eggs. If I bit my nails i would get worms in my stomach!
A childhood belief about biting my nails
others believed things like this
- That bitng my nails would cause worms in my tummyAnon
- If you bite your nails, a hand will grow in your stomach.— Miss Laura
- when i was 6 my mom told me that if you bit your nails a hand would grow in your stomachAnon
- I used to believe that if I bit my finger nails, a hand would grow in my stomach. Anon
- when i was 6 i used to belive if u ate ur toe nails u would grow a foot in ur stomach— chris
- I beleived that if i bit my fingers then the nails in my stomach would soon form a hand and rip up my insides!— Amanda T.