My mother convinced all of us kids in our family that the large rhubarb in the garden was a Man-Eating Plant.
A childhood belief about plants

others believed things like this
- I used to think eating raw potatoes would give you "BEZORES".
Our family doctor told me this— Moodycop - When I was a kid, I used to believe a nuclear plant was a clouds plant and could make magic clouds.— Tommy
- I used to think that artichokes were animals because my mother said we were eating artichoke hearts. Anon
- I used to believe eating fish enables me to live underwater and eating veggy makes me prettier!— Melody
- My friend believed that eating bread crusts or eating mustard will give you curly hair.— Linda from Southern California
- My mother's name was Anna. She was called "Annemor"(Duck mama). I was convinced I was a duckling.— Christine Norway