We use to believe that if you swollow the watermelom pips, watermelons would grow out of your ears.
A childhood belief about seeds

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if you ate the pips in apples a tree would grow inside your stomach.— QueenB
- I used to think that if i ate watermelon seeds they would grow out of my ears.— Catherine
- When I was a kid I believed that if you swallowed a fruit pip that treees would grow from your ears.— Liz Smith
- i used to believe that if you swallowed the seeds from apples, trees would grow out of your ears!— Scott Davenport
- I used to believe that if I didn't clean my ears that carrots would grow inside.— Gilian
- i used to believe that if u didnt wash behind your ears potatos would grow in the dirt— michelle