I believed till I was 8 that eggs grew on plants. It didn't help that dad used to hang his cleaned out eggshells on a plant in the garden.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- My mother convinced all of us kids in our family that the large rhubarb in the garden was a Man-Eating Plant. — H.Miller
- I thought plants only grew when people were not looking at them.Anon
- I used to think heirloom plants grew antiques— Honorary intern Hector
- I use to believe that your hair grew because you wash i.e like watering a plant — HJON
- i used to believe that dumplings grew in the gardenAnon
- I used to believe that Haggis grew on trees, cause my dad tied one to a branch in the garden— Lynne