If you swallow a seed a plant will grow inside you.

My neighbor died of stomach cancer, but it was described to me at the age of 5 or 6 as "something growing inside of her." Thus, I envisioned cancer as a plant that kept growing inside of you until it killed you.

From then on, I was very careful about eating watermellon, apples, or anything else that might put a seed into my stomach and cause a plant to grow!

Chris

I used to think that if you swallowed an orange or an apple seed the tree would grow in your stomach.
This concerned me greatly when I accidentally swallowed some one day.
My mother set me straight on stomach acid and soil!

Georgia Dakkis

i was told by an older cousin that if i ate an apple pip i would grow apples in my tummy, i was terrified i would have an apple tree growing in my stomach for ages after i accidently ate one.

Anon

If I ever ate an apple as a girl I would never dare eat a pip as I believed an apple tree would grow in my tummy and eventually kill me. I still cannot swallow pips.

Lisa

I used to believe that if I swallowed a seed a tree would grow inside me.

Mr Bush

My sister tood me that if I ate sunflower seeds they would grow inside me. I used to have night terrors about giant flowers growing out of my eyes and mouth. Suprisingly I get on well with my sister despite her mental torture.

Paul N

i used to believe that that if you ate the whole of the apple including the pips that an apple tree would grow out of my head.

granny smith

the first time i swallowed a cherry pip i was really scared a cherry tree would grow out of my tummy.

ahab

When I was little I used to believe that if I ate grapes with the pips in that a grape tree would grow out of my ears. Imagine my horror when one day I swallowed one by accident! I spent the whole night worrying that by the time I woke up I would have the branches sticking out of my ears and that I would have to go to school like that!

Anna

That if you ate the pips out of oranges a orange tree would sprout out of you.

FIL1

When I was about 6 I had a bad habit of swallowing the plum pip. After my mother told my I will grow in to a tree I never swallowed a pip of any type again!!

New Zealand

I used to believe that if I swallowed the pips from fruit that a tree would grow in my stomach and the branches would grow out of my ears, I used to have nightmares every time I swallowed a pip, I have never actually grown a tree in my stomach.

Lorraine

When I was a kid I believed that if you swallowed a fruit pip that treees would grow from your ears.

Liz Smith

My kindergarten teacher once told me that if I were to eat grapes with seeds, grapevines would grow out of my ears. Since I loved grapes I ate all of my friends grapeseeds too. Wouldn't it be neat to be able to pick grapes from your ears?

sara

I used to believe that a tree would grow inside you if you ate the seed of an apple or any other fruit!

Anon

My brother and I were convinced that if we swallowed any seeds, they would sprout inside us and grow, and we'd die a horrible death with branches poking out of our mouths,ears, belly button, and (uugh!) eyes. We still don't eat tomatoes.

Charvy

One day while eating an apple I swallowed a pip. My Grandmother told me that an apple tree would grow in my stomach and I believed it for many years after - I was terrified of anything with pips.. especially oranges!

Nicola

I used to believe that, if you ate the core of an apple, the pips would sprout in your tummy and a tree would start growing and make you ill.

Petra-Marie

When I was little, I used to believe that if I eat grapes with seeds, a grape vine will be grown from my throat. So if I accidentally swallow a grape seed, I won't drink water that day so that the seed can't grow.

Anon

My nan used to tell me that if you swallow seeds, they will grow inside you. I remember once swallowing an apple seed and freaking out because I was convinced I would have a tree growing out of my mouth in the morning.

She used to also tell me that is I wore my socks in bed, I would get warts all over my feet.

Jack Mac