My grandma had a huge vase filled with cattails in her entryway. Not wanting us kids to tear them up, she told us not to touch them or they would explode. I lived in mortal fear of those cattails for years thinking I would blow up the whole neighborhood if I accidently touched them.
A childhood belief about plants
others believed things like this
- I once believed that if you touched hamburger meat, it would explode!— Dipaloe
- My grandma told me and my sisters that the boogie man lived in her basement and if we cried he would get us.— Paulette
- when I was growing up I truly believed that my neighborhood was the only neighborhood with "THE CORNER"— Brid
- i work with kids......and this one kid tole me that claustrophobia was the fear of Santa clause Anon
- I used to believe that as I ate food, I filled up, and that once I filled up completely, I would die. Anon
- I used to think that if you didn't blow your nose and just sniffed the snot up, you head would blow up.Anon