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THERE WAS A FARMER BOY WHO SWALLOWED THE SEEDS TO
WATERMELONS WHEN HE ATE THEM AND WATERMELONS GREW
IN HIS STOMACH SO YOU SHOULDN'T SWALLOW THE SEEDS
WHEN YOU EAT WATERMELON, YOU SHOULD SPIT THEM OUT.

Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT'S MOTHER TOLD HIM THIS WHEN HE WAS
TEN YEARS OLD.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Physically handicapped Deformed
PROSE NARRATIVE -- Body part Senses

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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