my grandmother told me how eating watermelon seeds would cause a vine to grow out your ears (which i naturally believed and avoided seeds with all my might). well, my brother and i took horseback riding lessons at a nearby stable and one day he brought along pomegranites to feed them after our ride. unsure what a pomegranite was but trusting my older brother, i began feeding it to my horse. suddenly i noticed it was filled with seeds and i watched horrified as the horse gobbled down the seed filled fruit. i was sure i'd harmed the horse causing a vine to grow out it's ears!! my brother doubled over laughing! i was relieved the following week to see the horse was unharmed and anxious for another taste.
A childhood belief about seeds
others believed things like this
- I used to think that if i ate watermelon seeds they would grow out of my ears.— Catherine
- If you eat watermelon seeds a watermelon will grow in your tummy and vines will come out your earsAnon
- 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 I ate a fruit's seeds, a plant would grow in my stomach.— Natalia Castillejo
- I used to believe that if I ate any seeds of any fruit, it would grow a tree in my stomach.— Julia
- when you eat the seeds from a watermelon a watermelon will start to grow inside your stomache.Anon