If you swallowed chewing gum, it would grow a tree out your belly button. Same for watermelon seeds, except watermelons would grow, not tree's.
A childhood belief about chewing gum
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if you swallowed an apple seed, a tree would grow in your belly.— Rachel
- 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 believe that if I swallow chewing gum, a rubber tree will grow on my head!— Farry Aprianto
- If you swallowed a watermelon seed it would grow in your belly— Rachelle
- I used to believe that if I ate any seeds of any fruit, it would grow a tree in my stomach.— Julia