my mother always told me that if I picked my nose my eyeballs would fall out of my head! I knew that when you sneezed your eyes always shut so I always thought there was a definite relationship between one's eye and nose functions.
A childhood belief about picking my nose
others believed things like this
- I used to believe if you picked your nose, your brains would fall out your nose.Anon
- My mother used ot tell me that if I picked my nose the 'Nose Spider' would bite my finger off.— Melanie
- When I was in Kindergarten I was told if I picked my nose my nose will go into eternal bleeding— Sam
- i was always told if i picked my nose my brain would fall out! i belived it for years!Anon
- My grandparents always told me that if I picked my nose too much, my nose would get bigger.— The Mortal Elf
- when i was small my brother always told me that if you picked your nose your head would cave in— Eric