When I was six I dropped an apple pip on my lap and I was really scared cos I thought a big tree would grow out of my skirt!
A childhood belief about dangerous food

others believed things like this
- My Mom used to tell me if I swallowed an apple seed I would grow an apple tree inside my stomach!— Marg
- When I was a kid, I used to bellieve that when I eat an apple pip an apple tree would grow up in my stomach!Anon
- I used to believe that a tree would grow inside you if you ate the seed of an apple or any other fruit!Anon
- I used to believe that if you swallowed an apple seed, a tree would grow in your belly.— Rachel
- I thought the big apple was literally a giant apple in New York Anon
- I thought that if I swallowed grapestones, a tree would grow out from my stomach. — Tone