I've got your nose

"Got your nose" hand position, with tip of thumb representing the stolen "nose." However, this "fig sign" may be interpreted as offensive or obscene in certain cultures.

I've got your nose is a children's game in which a person pretends to pluck and remove the nose from the face of a baby or toddler by showing an object supposedly representing the stolen body part. The trick or prank is meant as an illusion, since a person cannot easily observe the status of their own nose.[1]

  1. ^ Barker, K. Brandon; Rice, Claiborne (2019-04-22). Folk Illusions: Children, Folklore, and Sciences of Perception. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-04112-8.