When I was little, my dad would tell me that if I didn't clean out my ears, potatoes would grow in them. To this day, I clean my ears religiously.
A childhood belief about general
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if I didn't clean my ears that carrots would grow inside.— Gilian
- My grandpa and mom both used to tell me that if I didn't clean behind my ear that potatoes would grow there. — Bryan M.
- 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 u didnt wash behind your ears potatos would grow in the dirt— michelle