My Gran told me that Monkey Puzzle Trees were so called because monkesys climbed them, and couldn't get down again. To this day, I hate looking at this type of tree!
A childhood belief about plants
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that broccoli grew on trees. It looks like a tree, so it made sense, right?— Catherine...
- My gran told me that if you drank vinegar your brains would dry up!!!— Sam
- My Gran told me that if I picked my nose, I´d get brain cancer. Traumatised? Yes I was!— Windy Girl
- I used to think an evil spirit type thing called Wango lived in my dog. I was terrified of that dog.— Franklin
- my gran tod me that rabbits made a noise that went "map map"— Lise
- I used to believe wind came from trees. And when it was really windy, the trees were really mad.— Tiffany