I remember my mother telling me that I would grow potatoes in my ears if I didn't clean them. I didn't want to eat potatoes for a long time after that, for fear of whose ears she harvested them from!
A childhood belief about nasty food
others believed things like this
- 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 believe that if I didn't clean my ears that carrots would grow inside.— Gilian
- My older brother used to tell me if you ate raw potatoes your teeth would grow long and curly!— Lauren
- my mum use to say if i picked my nose potatoes would grow of it— becky page
- When I was little my big brother told me that if I ate raw potatoes my teeth would grow curly. — Lauren
- When I was little ,I used to believe that deaf people didn't have ears.— rainbow