When I was younger my dad told me buggers were actually bugs that flew up your nose. Only recently did I learn this wasn't true.
A childhood belief about picking my nose

others believed things like this
- I recently very disturbed to learn that Al Jolson was in fact Caucasian.Anon
- I used to believe that a vitamin was a small animal
only recently I have found out that it is not true... :)— Sylwia - When I was in Kindergarten I was told if I picked my nose my nose will go into eternal bleeding— Sam
- My grandparents always told me that if I picked my nose too much, my nose would get bigger.— The Mortal Elf
- When I was younger, I used to think that picking your nose was against the law.Anon
- My sister just recently realized that the lyric "more than a woman" wasn't 4 letter woman!— Anne