I remember being told that if I dug deep enough into my belly-button I would find loads of great toys to play with. I fully believed this and remember having a good digging session in my belly-button.
I never did find anything :(
I guess they were lying.
A childhood belief about belly buttons
others believed things like this
- I used to think that if i touched my belly button it would unfold and my belly would be inside out forever. Anon
- I believed that if you pushed your belly button, your bum would fall off.— Wendy
- When I was a kid my dad told me that if you unscrewed your belly button your bum would fall off.— Ann
- I was told that your belly button is where you put salt when you eat apples in bed.— Shurnuff
- i was told that if you fiddled with your belly-button too much, my bum would fall off.Anon
- My dad told me when I was little that my belly button was "Where the Indian shot me"Anon