when I was little, my dad told me that if I continued to bite my nails, they would have to remove one of my organs because it would have a ton of little nail bits embedded in it. Scared me, but didn't stop me..
A childhood belief about biting my nails

others believed things like this
- I didn't know whether nail files were supposed to make your nails sharper or duller.Anon
- 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
- If you bite your nails, a hand will grow in your stomach.— Miss Laura
- I use to beleive that bitting my nails will give me powers to stop being afraid. — scaredy cat
- Mom told us that if we didn't eat every single bite of our veggies at dinner time, we'd get colon cancer.Anon
- my nana told my brother that if he continued sucking his thumb, it would turn into a matchstick. — tracy g