When i was little, i always wondered why my grandpa had big nostrils and one finger with no nail. So i asked him why. I remember him saying he poked his nose a lot and that the booger monster bit his fingernail off. So i never picked my nose and now i tell my kids the same thing.
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 Grandpa told me if I picked my nose I could accidentally pull out my eye. — Jan St. Louis
- my grandpa told me if you pick your nose too far then a snail will bite your finger off haAnon
- I used to believe that if you picked your nose far up enough, a snail at the top would bite your finger.— Jenny
- My mom told me that if I picked my nose, my finger would stay there someday!!— baxter
- i used to think that my dad turned into the boogie monster at night if i picked my nose before i went to bed— hollie