When i was about 7 or so one of my cousins told me that if I ate a watermelon seed it would grow in my stomach. For years I never ate a seed
A childhood belief about seeds

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if you ate a watermelon seed you would grow a watermelon tree in your stomach!!!— Eskimo
- I used to beleive that if you ate a black watermelon seed a tree would grow in your stomach— anonymous
- I use to believe (thanks to my Mom) that if I swallowed a watermelon seed a watermelon would grow in my belly.Anon
- If you swallowed a watermelon seed it would grow in your belly— Rachelle
- I used to think that if I ate a fruit seed it would grow in my stomach if I drink water after thatAnon
- My Mom used to tell me if I swallowed an apple seed I would grow an apple tree inside my stomach!— Marg