My mum used to always remind me when i was little to clean behind my ears when i was in the bath otherwise i would have spuds (potatoes) grow behind my ears lets say ever since i make sure i clean behind them
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if I didn't clean my ears that carrots would grow inside.— Gilian
- 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.
- 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 think that if i ate watermelon seeds they would grow out of my ears.— Catherine
- When I was a kid I believed that if you swallowed a fruit pip that treees would grow from your ears.— Liz Smith
- i used to believe that if you swallowed the seeds from apples, trees would grow out of your ears!— Scott Davenport