when i was little i sucked my thumb ALOT so my grandma told me that if i sucked my thumb any longer my thumb would turn into a prune [sp?] i believed her bcuz 1nite i sucked my thumb the whole nite and woke up with a wrinkly thumb.
A childhood belief about sucking my thumb
others believed things like this
- My friend told me that if you sucked your thumb, your skin would get all mushy and your thumb would fall off.— Lauren
- I used to believe that your thumb would come off if you sucked your thumb too much— Anonymous
- i thought that if you sucked yerr thumb long enough it would turn green. dont ask why! — jordan
- My mom used to tell me that if I sucked my thumb, my teeth would get so bent up, they would all fall out— I dont suck my thumb anymore
- In old west lore, Billy the Kid was called 'buck toothed'. I thought this was because he sucked his thumb. — Monty
- my nana told my brother that if he continued sucking his thumb, it would turn into a matchstick. — tracy g