I used to think that if I accidentally ate a watermelon seed, I would grow a watermelon in my stomach.. I guess that is what I thought had happened to all the pregnant women. Better believe I picked EVERY seed out of my watermelon!
A childhood belief about watermelons

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if you ate a watermelon seed you would grow a watermelon tree in your stomach!!!— Eskimo
- I use to believe (thanks to my Mom) that if I swallowed a watermelon seed a watermelon would grow in my belly.Anon
- I used to beleive that if you ate a black watermelon seed a tree would grow in your stomach— anonymous
- If you swallowed a watermelon seed it would grow in your belly— Rachelle
- i used to think if you ate a watermelon seed then after a while you'd become a watermelon
— olga british-girlyman - If you eat watermelon seeds a watermelon will grow in your tummy and vines will come out your earsAnon