I used to believe that seeds, if ingested, would grow into trees within you. I remember being terrified after eating a watermelon slice with a seed. I refused to drink water coz watering the seed would make it a plant then a tree.
A childhood belief about watermelons
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 used to think that if I ate a fruit seed it would grow in my stomach if I drink water after thatAnon
- 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 eat a seed, the plant will grow in your tummyAnon
- If you swallowed a watermelon seed it would grow in your belly— Rachelle