I know a man who, as a child, believed that marshmallows grew on vines, in pods just like peas. He always wondered how they managed to get the seeds out without damaging the marshmallow!
A childhood belief about sweeties
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 Marshmallows grew in nature. — Helen
- When I was in preschool, the class bully told me that peas were actully cow boogers. Still won't eat peas.— Ren
- My sister believed the pork in pork and beans was marshmallow...and would always "fight" us for it.Anon
- When I was little, I believed that my Dad worked in a factory where they painted peas green!— Hannah G.
- When I was a child I used to believe that the the babies were born from the seeds. — Rosimeire