I never understood it, but my grandparents used to tell me that if I didn't wash my ears, potatoes would sprout out of them...I still don't get it.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- My uncle told me that if I didn't wash my ears when I took a bath, corn would start going out of them.— Ebod
- I used to believe that if I didnt wash behind my ears, they'd fall off...— Karina
- i used to believe that if u didnt wash behind your ears potatos would grow in the dirt— michelle
- My grandpa and mom both used to tell me that if I didn't clean behind my ear that potatoes would grow there. — Bryan M.
- I used to believe that My grandparents didn't have any other name except grandma and grandpa.— Emelia
- My mom told me that if I didn't wash my hair black widow spiders would come live in it.— grew up in Nebraska