I used to believe that, if you ate the core of an apple, the pips would sprout in your tummy and a tree would start growing and make you ill.

Petra-Marie

I used to believe that if you ate poppyseed muffins, flowers would grow out of your ears. My sisters would tease me and waive muffins in front of me while I panicked and cried my eyes out. Thankfully my mom talked me out of my belief.

angela

When I was a kid my grandparents used to tell me that if I ate the seeds that were in the orange that a tree would start growing inside me and come out my ears and nose, I was always supercareful and once when I did eat one I couldn't sleep

Dee

When i was younger i was told by my mum that if you ate an orange pip you would get orange trees goin out your ears. I was a only 3 and i was really scared when i was eating an orange and...yes you've guessed it...i ate the pip. I was crying my eyes out and i ran into the bathroom and washed my ears out. Then i had my mum guive me a lecture on how it needed soil and sun and water to grow.

Anon

once, when i was about 6, i was eating an apple and accidently ate the pip. i told my friend and she said that the other day, her dad ate the apple pip, and an apple tree started growing out of his bum. i was so scared, and made sure i never ate the pip. next time i went to her house, i tried to find the tree coming out his bum, she said he had to cut it regularly.

iwanttobegerman

When I was a little girl I would accidently swallow seeds while eating fruits like tangerines.
I would get very scared because I would think the next day a tree would grow out of my mouth.....

Orange Tree

My dad used to tell me that if I swallowed the orange seed, I'll grow an orange tree in my stomach. I was so scared that I didn't dare drink any water in hope that it will slow down the process of the tree growing

TK

I used to think that if you actually ate the seeds from an apple or orange, then a small tree would grow inside your belly.
getting bigger and bigger each day and finally you'd start to see the branches growing out of your mouth and there was no way to stop it.
you'd just eventually suffocate and die!
that's why to this day
-even though i know it's not true -
i never eat the pips/seeds........ just in case :s

Loredana

One day while eating an apple I swallowed a pip. My Grandmother told me that an apple tree would grow in my stomach and I believed it for many years after - I was terrified of anything with pips.. especially oranges!

Nicola

My brother and I were convinced that if we swallowed any seeds, they would sprout inside us and grow, and we'd die a horrible death with branches poking out of our mouths,ears, belly button, and (uugh!) eyes. We still don't eat tomatoes.

Charvy

If I ever ate an apple as a girl I would never dare eat a pip as I believed an apple tree would grow in my tummy and eventually kill me. I still cannot swallow pips.

Lisa

when i was little, i accidently swallowed an orange seed, and i thought an orange tree would grow in my stomach. i thought i couldn't eat anything after that because the food i swallow would plant the seed down, and the drink would water the seed, making the orange tree grow.

mare

i used to believe that if eat a seed or the top of a strawberry the plant would grow inside you ! and by the time I was 5 I thought I had a whole jungle in my stomach

jack - belfast

I used to believe that if you swallowed apple pips, then an apple tree would grow in your stomach! For some reason it didn't kill you either!!
My mum also told me that if you swallowed chewing gum it would get wrapped round your tonsils and you would choke to death!!

Karen

When I was young, my mum told me that if I swallowed a seed, the plant of that seed would grow from my head...I then proceed to swallow all the seeds I could and stood infront of the mirror for hours on end waiting for a tree to grow.

Dee

When I was young my mom used to warn me never to swallow any seeds or pits of any fruit or else a tree would grow from my stomach. I vividly remember me being extra cautious not to accidently swallow any grape seeds or I would start to grow branches from my arms and forever be a tree!

Micheline

my mom told me that if you swallowed the black seeds in watermelons a watermelon would grow inside you and to this day i still have trouble eating watermelons! ; ) im 10!!!!

craze 4 watermelons

I used to believe that It was very dangerous to seat a fruit without taking out its seeds because if you pour water after swallowing a seed a tree would start sprouting out of your ears and nose.

Anon

I used to be afraid of eating anything that had a seed in it. I thought if you drank water it would grow inside of you!

Anon

I guess it may be a common one but I was scared that if I swallowed a pip from an apple, an apple tree would grow in my belly.

Anon