My mom always told me that if I swallowed seeds from a piece of watermellon that I would have watermellons growing out of my ears!! I use to check the mirror because I swallowed some by accident!
A childhood belief about seeds

others believed things like this
- i used to believe that if you swallowed the seeds from apples, trees would grow out of your ears!— Scott Davenport
- Eating watermellon seeds will make you grow a watermellon in your belly.Anon
- the if you swallowed a fly by accident that you would then grow an appetite for dirt.— sarah
- my nanna told me if I swallowed gum that I would have a gum tree growing out of my tummy— ms pouty
- I used to believe that if I swallowed watermelon seeds, I would get pregnantAnon
- when I was a child I used to believe that if you swallowed the seeds of the fruit they would spring up on you.— Gabriely Cinthia Schittler