My mom told me that your thumb would turn green and fall off in your sleep if you sucked your thumb too much. I believed this until I was 10.
A childhood belief about sucking my thumb
others believed things like this
- My friend told me that if you sucked your thumb, your skin would get all mushy and your thumb would fall off.— Lauren
- i thought that if you sucked yerr thumb long enough it would turn green. dont ask why! — jordan
- My mom used to tell me that if I sucked my thumb, my teeth would get so bent up, they would all fall out— I dont suck my thumb anymore
- I used to believe that your thumb would come off if you sucked your thumb too much— Anonymous
- my nana told my brother that if he continued sucking his thumb, it would turn into a matchstick. — tracy g
- In old west lore, Billy the Kid was called 'buck toothed'. I thought this was because he sucked his thumb. — Monty