My dad told me if I swallowed watermelon or apple seeds that plants would grow in my stomach. I thought that was so cool that I swallowed a bunch of seeds just to see it work. How disappointed I was when this didn't come to, erm, fruition.
A childhood belief about seeds
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if you swallowed watermelon seeds, they would dance around in your stomach at night.— jaalyn
- I used to believe that if I swallowed watermelon seeds, I would get pregnantAnon
- My Mom used to tell me if I swallowed an apple seed I would grow an apple tree inside my stomach!— Marg
- i used to believe that if you swallowed the seeds from apples, trees would grow out of your ears!— Scott Davenport
- If you eat watermelon seeds a watermelon will grow in your tummy and vines will come out your earsAnon
- when you eat the seeds from a watermelon a watermelon will start to grow inside your stomache.Anon