My uncle once told me that if you picked your nose too deep a spider would grab it and your finger would be stuck forever. Oddly, it didn't break my habit of picking, it just gave me severe arachnophobia!
A childhood belief about picking my nose
others believed things like this
- My mother used ot tell me that if I picked my nose the 'Nose Spider' would bite my finger off.— Melanie
- My mom told me that if I picked my nose, my finger would stay there someday!!— baxter
- I used to believe that if you picked your nose far up enough, a snail at the top would bite your finger.— Jenny
- 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
- my mum once told me if you picked your nose your brains came out!!!!— smiley : )