Lightning hitting the ground. Some children in Africa are led to believe that lightning will struck them if they are wearing red. Creative Commons photo by Wikipedia user Jessie Eastland.

A humorous hashtag, #ThingsIBelievedInAsAChild, has been trending in South Africa, under which people are publishing a number of funny and superstitious beliefs they had when growing up.

Here's a selection of some of the tweets appearing under the hashtag.

“Divinity” had to be very careful when eating an orange, because:

#ThingsIBelievedInAsAChild
If you swallow an orange seed, an orange tree starts growing in your stomach

— Divinity ?? (@CAN_Divine) February 17, 2017

“Big Boss” believed whistling had to be done during the day:

#ThingsIBelievedInAsAchild
Never whistle at night, it brings bad luck.

— Big Boss (@Thee_Psychic) February 17, 2017

Levi thought height was tied to jumping:

If someone jumps a leg over you, you won't grow tall unless they unjump you ???#ThingsIBelievedInAsAChild

— Levi The-Truth (@Levi_Scary_T) February 17, 2017

How does the TV work?:

#thingsibelievedinasachild people who are on TV are actually inside TV pic.twitter.com/vZeZb8drqo

— Oa Matatiele (@Paballo65M) February 17, 2017

If you see a hearse passing by:

#ThingsIBelievedInAsAChild that if you see this car, you must hold a hair strand till it passes by???or else pic.twitter.com/obL5MiW1Kr

— noluthando (@KgabuNoluthando) February 17, 2017

You had to wear your “Sunday best” on, well, a Sunday:

I can only wear new clothes on a Sunday and not during the week #ThingsIBelievedInAsAchild

— Zinhle Mashiloane (@ZeeMach) February 17, 2017

“#Avantgardehipster” believed:

#ThingsIBelievedInAsAchild
Was told albinos don't die but they just vanish

Till now i haven't seen obituary of an albino ??

— #Avantgardehipster (@1real_bill) February 17, 2017

One user shared the following photo to accompany his tweet:

#ThingsIBelievedInAsAChild
Eating too much will make me fit & strong. pic.twitter.com/V21ZTXhNQL

— ®Azee (@TheRealAzee_RSA) February 17, 2017

Say what?:

I genuinely believed that testicles were eggs#ThingsIBelievedInAsAChild

— Zanel Ndzume (@Zanel_zn6) February 17, 2017

Where do babies come from?:

#ThingsIBelievedInAsAChild Babies were bought not born

— Luvuyo Mkonqo (@LMkonqo) February 17, 2017

How can the refrigerator light turn on by itself?:

That there was a tiny man that turned on the light in the fridge whenever i opened it. #ThingsIBelievedInAsAChild

— theREALone (@Babs_2by4) February 17, 2017

How do you spot rich folks?:

#ThingsIBelievedInAsAChild if you had this at home, you were rich people?? pic.twitter.com/XPwHRsn1rY

— #See_Yowa_Life?? (@IraguhaHerbert) February 17, 2017

If you don't want to be toothless all your life…:

After removing a tooth, if you don't throw it on the roof you'll never grow another one to replace it #ThingsIBelievedInAsAChild

— JoyLiladzani M (@Liladzani1) February 17, 2017

“DJASH” thought:

#ThingsIBelievedInAsAChild

All toothpaste are called colgate

All bleach products are Jik

All soaps are either called Lux or Sunlight!

— #SayMyNameBaby (@DJASH_214) February 17, 2017

Jik, Colgate, Lux and Sunlight are popular products in Sub Saharan Africa.

Check the weather report before you wear red:

#ThingsIBelievedInAsAChild don't wear red if there's a thunder storm … lightning might strike you real quick

— ig: ms_yazlee (@Yazmiin_Yawlee) February 17, 2017