When I was younger my mom used to look behind my ears and say " oh my gosh you have potatoes growing behind there." I literally thought I had little potatoes growing behind my ears up until I was about 9 when she told me it was actually dirt.
A childhood belief about general
others believed things like this
- i used to believe that if u didnt wash behind your ears potatos would grow in the dirt— michelle
- When I was little my big brother told me that if I ate raw potatoes my teeth would grow curly. — Lauren
- I used to think eating raw potatoes would give you "BEZORES".
Our family doctor told me this— Moodycop - When I went to Spain when I was 7, I thought their currency was potatoes. It was pesetas.— Helen W
- When I was little, I thought that big puffy clouds in the sky were actually mashed potatoes.Anon
- I used to think that growing pains meant that a tomato plant was growing in your stomach.— Annette