I used to believe if you picked your nose, your brains would fall out your nose.

Anon

when I was a kid my neighbor told me if I picked my nose I would poke out my eye. I believe him.

Jane

When I was 3 or 4 I used to eat my boogers(gross i know, but I was young so SHUT UP!) and my mom's friend said if I ate them my veins will pop out of my skin and I believed her of course.

Kristin

My dad told my brother that if he picked his nose, a little man that lives inside will grab your finger and never let go so your finger would be stuck.

Anon

My oldest sister (who is about 18 years older than myself) would visit a lot when I was a kid and told me the there was an evil snail with HUGE teeth up my nose that would eat my finger off if I picked it. I believe that until I was about 10 years old!

Stacey J

My late granda only had half a ring finger on his left hand. I once asked how he'd lost his finger. Granda told me that it happened cos he picked nose so much, so it would happen to me someday.

So, Christmas 2005, my granda's funeral. My brother and I are sitting side by side in the front row, when I stick my finger up my nose. The minister was talking about the accident when my granda lost half his finger (car jack colllapsed) and I remembered what he'd said to me that day. I could hardly hold myself together, neither could my brother when I told him.

Diane

When I was little I used to pick my nose and put my finger in my mouth and then repeat.(Sort of like eating a booger,but more like licking it) This was a bad habit for me,but I really wanted to stop becuase I used to think a huge booger ball was slowly forming in my stomach and that eventually it would kill me.

Christina

My Grandfather worked in an abitoir for more than 40 years and has 4 fingers and 1 thumb missing from the knuckle to show for it. When I was younger he would tell us that he lost his fingers by picking his nose, one day they had got stuck and just come off!

I never really believed him, after all how could someone with an average sized nose have 4 fingers and a thumb stuck up there! However, it didnt stop me from suggesting to my son who had started sticking his fingers up his nose to ask Grandpoppy how he lost his fingers :P

It didn't work for me, but hey

My grandma told me that I was eating my boogers I was eating my brain.

kay

When I was young a cyst grew on my face. I was told that it was probably because I picked my nose and rubbed it on my face. I had the cyst removed in the 5th grade, but I'm still in therapy now.

Aunt

My Grandma told me that boogers were part of your brain. I believed her...

I never picked my nose.

Jade

My Grandmother told me when I was little if you didn't pick your nose that the boogers would eat your skin and make your nose bleed and make your brain get sick

Anon

I still pick my nose since im in the habit but when I was little i would hide my head behind a pillow and pick my nose and my mom and dad would say "what in the world is your problem and id say "im telling secrets to my imaginary friend Bob" when i've never really had an imaginary friend!

imaginary bob

my friend told me in kindergarten that if i picked my nose too much, it would get stuck in there.

gg

When I was little my older sister would pick her nose and tell me that it was good to do because boogers contained Vitamin C. I still thought it was grose and chose not to get Vitamin C via my boogers. To this day I still joke with her about it.

Alicia

When I was Younger about 5 years old or so, I got caught picking my nose, my mother and grandmother both told me If I kept picking my nose it would unscrew My eyes and they would fall out... I believed them for a while aswell lol

Jessica Manser

When I was about 6 or 7 years old my grandpa saw me picking my nose and eating it. He told me that every booger i ate was pieces of my brain and that i was going to end up eating all of my brains. It scared me because i thought i would eat all of my brains and be stupid. i didnt eat a booger since then.

Brooke

I thought if i picked my nose too many times, my head would blow up.

i m a moron