In elementary school in the play field we had oak tree's. On these oak trees there we these sprays of needle like things that I was told that if you stare at them they will spit on you. To this day I still don't stare at those things...LOL
A childhood belief about plants

others believed things like this
- My mom always told us not to stare at dogs doing pottie or having sex because we would get a stye on our eye.— Mary Lou
- If you stare into a mirror in almost complete darkness, the devil will appear instead of your reflection.Anon
- I used to believe that broccoli grew on trees. It looks like a tree, so it made sense, right?— Catherine...
- When I was in elementary school I use to think that teacher lived at school at their desks all year long.Anon
- When I was in elementary school nuns cam to our school. I thought that 'nun' meant they had no religion.Anon
- I was told that spaghetti grew on trees and i anounced it in class one day in grammer school.— w.b.