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BELIEF
IF YOU SWALLOW WATERMELON SEEDS, YOU WILL GROW A WATERMELON
IN YOUR STOMACH.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT USED TO TELL HER CHILDREN THIS SO THAT THEY
WOULD NOT SWALLOW WATERMELLON SEEDS.
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
