When I was about 8 years old I developed a liking to lemons. As there was a big lemon tree in out front garden, I used to climb the tree, gather about 4-5 lemons and chow down on them sprinkled with salt.
My mom was irritated to see me eat so many lemons in one go (including the seeds) and she told me that if I don't stop eating them little lemon trees would grow in my tummy. It diddn't stop me eating lemons, but I did stop eating the seeds.
I believed her story right up until I was a teenager, when I accidentally swallowed a seed. I nervously waited for a tree to grow, and when none did I told my mom what an awful fibber she was!
A childhood belief about seeds
you weren't the only one
237 of you believed this
- i used to believe that if you swallowed the seeds from apples, trees would grow out of your ears!— Scott Davenport
- if you eat a seed, the plant will grow in your tummyAnon
- When I was little I use to belief that if we swallowed the pit of a fruit, a tree would grow inside us.— Maya
- when you eat the seeds from a watermelon a watermelon will start to grow inside your stomache.Anon
- I used to think that if you ate nuts and seeds that minature trees woudl grow in your stomach.— Gillian
- I used to believe that if you ate the pips in apples a tree would grow inside your stomach.— QueenB