My grandmother told me once that I couldn't eat watermelon when it was lightning because water "drew" lightning and it would strike me if I ate watermelon! I think this was just to deter me from eating at that particular time and she never told me any different. I believed this until I was a teenager! Be careful what you tell your kids!!!!!
A childhood belief about watermelons
others believed things like this
- My Grama always told me that thunder was just God bowling and the lightning was when he got a strike!— Kim
- I was told that if your ever swore in church, as you walked out God would strike you with a bolt of lightning.— Lou
- I used to believe that thunder happened when God was bowling. Lightning meant he made a strike!Anon
- If you eat watermelon seeds a watermelon will grow in your tummy and vines will come out your earsAnon
- when you eat the seeds from a watermelon a watermelon will start to grow inside your stomache.Anon
- I used to believe that if you ate a watermelon seed you would grow a watermelon tree in your stomach!!!— Eskimo