My sister and I once thought that pine needles could act as wishbones, due to their shape. So we sat in the backyard one afternoon, making wishes on pine needles and pulling them apart. Of course, we discovered the next day that they didn't work.
A childhood belief about plants
others believed things like this
- i used to believe that everytime you hiccupped, your pine shot up an inch; making you taller— adria
- I used to believe that porcupines were humongous pine trees that could hurt you.— Shelly
- .. the knots in wood would turn into dinosaurs. I was petrified of pine cladding.Anon
- Whenever I got pins and needles in my legs, I thought that woodlice where crawling around inside them!— squee
- dragonfliesw ere called, Devil's darning needles.— davarm
- i used to believe that if i didn't work at school, i would have donkey ears, so now i work hard !!!— denis