my mother always told me that if you swallow your gum there will grow a bubblegum tree in your stomach and it would grow out of your belly button if you would swallow your gum for the second time
A childhood belief about chewing gum

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if I swallow chewing gum, a rubber tree will grow on my head!— Farry Aprianto
- my mom told my sister and I that if you swallow gum, it won't leave ur stomach for 7 years.— Victoria
- My dad always told me never to swallow the pips from apples because trees would start growing in my stomach!!— ALISON W
- i used to believe that if i swallowed beens,,a tree would grow in my stomach :P— fatma
- When i was young, i used to believe that when i ate a stone, a tree would grow in my stomach— -yacine-91-
- I used to believe that if I ate any seeds of any fruit, it would grow a tree in my stomach.— Julia