When I was a kid, I used to pick and eat my boogers(like im sure must little 3 year olds did). Well, my my mom told me that there were bugs and ants inside boogers, and if I ate them the would make an ant hill in my stomach.
A childhood belief about picking my nose

others believed things like this
- One day i told my mom that i wouldnt pick my nose until the boogers made it look like i was a walrus— Lotta Thang
- I used to believe that if I ate my boogers, the Boogy Man would grow inside of me.— Brianne
- My brother used to believe that dried out boogers were actually "paving" the inside of your nose. — sm
- If you eat your boogers you'll get worms— Kit
- i used to think boogers were chewing gum. Gross, i know!— ediop
- I used to believe that the boogieman was a big mean guy covered in boogers.— Ethan