To scare me out of picking my nose, my grandmother told me the boogers would turn into worms.
...This only made me try harder.
A childhood belief about picking my nose

others believed things like this
- One day i told my mom that i wouldnt pick my nose until the boogers made it look like i was a walrus— Lotta Thang
- I used to think there were little booger factories in your nose that made boogers.— Melith
- If you eat your boogers you'll get worms— Kit
- My brother used to believe that dried out boogers were actually "paving" the inside of your nose. — sm
- I used to think, that if you're picking in your nose too much, you push your eye out.— Joanna
- When I was younger, I used to think that picking your nose was against the law.Anon