My parents used to tell me when I was about 5 that if I ate bubblegum and swallowed it that it would stay there for seven years.
They also told me that if I ate the watermelon seeds that in about a couple of years I would have a watermelon growing in my tummy.
A childhood belief about chewing gum
others believed things like this
- If you eat watermelon seeds a watermelon will grow in your tummy and vines will come out your earsAnon
- I used to believe that if I swallowed watermelon seeds, I would get pregnantAnon
- when you eat the seeds from a watermelon a watermelon will start to grow inside your stomache.Anon
- I used to believe that if you swallowed watermelon seeds, they would dance around in your stomach at night.— jaalyn
- I use to believe (thanks to my Mom) that if I swallowed a watermelon seed a watermelon would grow in my belly.Anon
- When I was a kid My friend’s mom told me if I swallowed my bubblegum it would make me fart bubblegum bubblesAnon