Whenever I got a sliver I always freaked out and made my mom get it out right away. She was shocked to find out that the reason was that I was convinced that if the wood stayed in there a tree would grow out of my hand.
A childhood belief about skin
others believed things like this
- I used to think tree-nuts (especially almonds) were made of wood. — Josh
- I used to believe that pretzals were made of wood.Anon
- I used to believe that pretzels were made from wood....Anon
- My dad thought robin feet were made out of wood because they look like twigs.— Molly
- I used to believe that if I ate my boogers a booger tree would grow out of my head!— Kimmy G
- i used to believe that if i swallowed beens,,a tree would grow in my stomach :P— fatma