I used to think that swallowing watermelon seeds would result in actual growth of watermelon in my stomach...i still do.

Ben

When I was little, in my first day of reception class, I had cress for part of my salad. There were some seeds in it, and this other little kid told me they were ladybirds and told over me for eating ladybirds!

Nichola

When i was little , my gram and papa used to always tell me when I was eating watermelon, that if I swallowed a seed a watermelon would grow in my tummy. So I would never eat watermelon unless it was seedless, because it scared me so much...

Liv

when i was young, my mum told me that if i swallowed a watermelon seed, a tree would grow inside of me.

Nhi

i used to believe that if I accidentally swallowed watermelon or any other type of seeds that they would begin growing in my stomach.

Bryan

I used to believe that watermelon seeds can grow from my body. When my father told me to be careful not to swallow any, I accidently did sometimes. I was so worry that I would die if a plant came out of my head. I cried until grandma told me the truth.

ML, NYC

Someone in my kindergarten class told me once that apple seeds were poisonous and they'd kill you in a second if you bit down on them. I believed that for a lonnnng time!

Anon

I was told as a child that if I swallowed a watermelon seed a watermelon would grow in my belly.

DMAlterman

when i was a kid my grandpa told me that if i ate the seeds in a watermelon, i would grow a watermelon tree in my stomache.for 4 weeks i never ate watermelon even with those tiny white seeds.

hillary.e

A grown-up once told me when I was eating watermelon to never swallow the seeds or they would grow in my belly. The grown-up then pointed out a pregnant woman and said she had swallowed a watermelon seed. I was VERY careful everytime I ate watermelon that I didn't swallow a single seed!

Anon

when i was little i thought that if u swalowed a watermelon seed that a watermelon would grow in your tummy and since the watermwlons are big i tought i was gonna explode.lol

cris

I always thought that onions grew on trees like apples and alway wondered why my onion seeds never grew into trees. I thought they were weeds.

Zilver

I believed that if I swallowed watermelon seeds that watermelons would grow in my stomach. I can't remember if that applied to any kind of seed.

Linda

My best friend's mother always told us not to swallow the watermelon seeds or you'll have a watermelon growing on the top of your head. What a scary image that was for us!

tommyg

My grandparents as well as parents all told me that if i swallowed the watermelon seeds, it'll start to grow inside my stomach and a watermelon tree will grow through the top of my head. Naturally, the theory applied to all other fruits.
I still don't understand what's the big deal with swallowing the seeds? is there really any harm at all?

Katy

My mother said that if you swallowed a watermelon seed, a watermelon tree would grow on your head. I would try hard not to, but whenever I think I accidentally did, I constantly checked the mirror...of course, the tree never grew =(

Anon

When I was younger, I used to think that if you swallowed a fruit seed it would grow in your stomach, so I cried when I accidently swallowed a watermelon seed. I believed it until I was 10.

Madge

When i was about 5 or 6 i used to believe that if i swallowed a seed from a watermelon, it would start to grow in my stomach. it would grow so big that my stomach would get bigger and bigger and bigger!! I believed this until i was about 9!! :)

Sa!

When I was little I thought that when you swallowed seeds, a tree would grow in your stomach. I thought that when you drank water that would make the tree grow bigger, so I got really scared when I swallowed a watermelon seed by accident. I thought that a watermelon tree would grow in my stomach. I told my mom that and she laughed at me.

emmy

I watched rugrats and they had a show on how if you eat watermelon seeds it would go in your stomach and grow and you would sooner or later explode .

azhip