When i was little i was often told that if i swallowed a seed(of an orange, watermelon, grape) it would start to grow in my stomach until leaves and branches grew out of my ears, nose and mouth... i was so scared when i would accidentally swallow a seed!
A childhood belief about seeds
others believed things like this
- I use to believe (thanks to my Mom) that if I swallowed a watermelon seed a watermelon would grow in my belly.Anon
- If you swallowed a watermelon seed it would grow in your belly— Rachelle
- I used to believe that if you ate a watermelon seed you would grow a watermelon tree in your stomach!!!— Eskimo
- I used to beleive that if you ate a black watermelon seed a tree would grow in your stomach— anonymous
- 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 beleive, that if you swallowed a seed the food would grow in your body.Anon