when i was 6 or 7, i used to bite my nails. so one day my sister told me that a nail-tree would grow inside my stomach..! needless to say i believed her and stopped at once
A childhood belief about biting my nails

others believed things like this
- If you bite your nails, a hand will grow in your stomach.— Miss Laura
- I used to believe that if you ate the pips in apples a tree would grow inside your stomach.— QueenB
- when i was 6 my mom told me that if you bit your nails a hand would grow in your stomachAnon
- when i was little my sister told me that when i bite my nails it would cut through my skin and i would die! — nn
- My Mom used to tell me if I swallowed an apple seed I would grow an apple tree inside my stomach!— Marg
- I used to believe that if I bit my finger nails, a hand would grow in my stomach. Anon