I used to believe that when I accidentally swallowed an apple seed or watermelon seed, an apple tree or watermelon patch would grow where I was buried once I died.
A childhood belief about watermelons
others believed things like this
- My Mom used to tell me if I swallowed an apple seed I would grow an apple tree inside my stomach!— Marg
- I used to believe that if you swallowed an apple seed, a tree would grow in your belly.— Rachel
- I use to believe (thanks to my Mom) that if I swallowed a watermelon seed a watermelon would grow in my belly.Anon
- I used to believe that if you ate a watermelon seed you would grow a watermelon tree in your stomach!!!— Eskimo
- I used to believe that a tree would grow inside you if you ate the seed of an apple or any other fruit!Anon
- If you swallowed a watermelon seed it would grow in your belly— Rachelle