when i was about 5 or 6 my mum always told me to be very careful not to swallow any watermellon seeds because if i did a watermellon would start growing in my tummy and no body would ever be able to get it out. i believed this because my older sister told me our dad (who had a very big belly) had swallowed some seeds and he had a watermellon in his tummy... he still has a big belly maybe its still in there.
A childhood belief about seeds
others believed things like this
- Eating watermellon seeds will make you grow a watermellon in your belly.Anon
- my nanna told me if I swallowed gum that I would have a gum tree growing out of my tummy— ms pouty
- If you eat watermelon seeds a watermelon will grow in your tummy and vines will come out your earsAnon
- My dad always told me never to swallow the pips from apples because trees would start growing in my stomach!!— ALISON W
- My sister told me whenever I had a tummy ache it was my unborn twin inside my stomache trying to get out.— Jamie Field
- Long grass with black seeds were really ant hotels, and the seeds were sleeping ants.— angelsheep