I used to believe that in the spring all the leaves would fall "up" from the ground and re-attached themselves to the tree, then they would turn green.
A childhood belief about plants

others believed things like this
- I used to believe if you planted donut crumbs in the ground, you could grow a donut tree.Anon
- When you lie your lips move or your eye turn green— Tanya
- my parents used to tell me and my sisters that if we ate our vegtables our eyes would turn green..— alex t
- I was told that if i didnt wash my hair regularly it would turn green— Mimi Screami
- i thought that if you sucked yerr thumb long enough it would turn green. dont ask why! — jordan
- I thought ground beef was the meat they scraped off the ground at the slaughterhouse. Yuck.Anon