My mom used to tell us that if we ate watermelon seeds that a watermelon tree would grow in our stomachs. My brother got this brilliant idea that if he swallowed quarters, he would grow a quarter tree in his stomach and be rich.
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 used to beleive that if you ate a black watermelon seed a tree would grow in your stomach— anonymous
- If you eat watermelon seeds a watermelon will grow in your tummy and vines will come out your earsAnon
- when you eat the seeds from a watermelon a watermelon will start to grow inside your stomache.Anon
- 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 ate any seeds of any fruit, it would grow a tree in my stomach.— Julia