Bad habit - swallowing olive pits, orange seeds, etc. We were told if we swallowed these, a tree would grow in our stomachs. If we bit and swallowed our nails, a finger would grow in our stomachs. Anything we ate, that we weren't supposed to eat, would result in the growth of the original plant/tree it came from.
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