I used to believe that if you swallowed cherry pits, you would have a tree growing in your stomach.
A childhood belief about dangerous food

others believed things like this
- 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 beens,,a tree would grow in my stomach :P— fatma
- I thought that if I swallowed grapestones, a tree would grow out from my stomach. — Tone
- 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 think that growing pains meant that a tomato plant was growing in your stomach.— Annette
- I used to believe that if you swallowed an apple seed, a tree would grow in your belly.— Rachel