My mom used to tell me that if I swallowed a fruit seed, a tree would start growing from the stomach making a hole in the head. I actually believed it and wondered for many years as to how awkward it would be to have a tree poking out of your head.
A childhood belief about eating
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if you swallowed cherry pits, you would have a tree growing in your stomach.— porkchop
- I used to believe if you ate a seed from a fruit, a tree of that fruit would grow inside you — kels
- My Mom used to tell me if I swallowed an apple seed I would grow an apple tree inside my stomach!— Marg
- I used to believe that a tree would grow inside you if you ate the seed of an apple or any other fruit!Anon
- When I was little I use to belief that if we swallowed the pit of a fruit, a tree would grow inside us.— Maya
- I used to believe that if you swallowed an apple seed, a tree would grow in your belly.— Rachel