I was told when I was little that if I sucked my thumb the hair on it would keep growing and growing until my thumb was covered in hair like Cousin It and then I would cough up hairballs like my cats. Scared me straight! I mean who wants cousin it for a thumb? hehe
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 used to believe that your thumb would come off if you sucked your thumb too much— Anonymous
- 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 thought that if you sucked yerr thumb long enough it would turn green. dont ask why! — jordan
- In old west lore, Billy the Kid was called 'buck toothed'. I thought this was because he sucked his thumb. — Monty
- My mother told me that if I kept sucking my thumb I would grow another one out the side of the first one.Anon