When I was little, I noticed the little black spots inside your bellybutton. I thought these were flies so everytime I visited my grandmas house I would go into the pantry and grab the fly swater and then start swatting my belly button!!
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 used to believe that belly button lint came from the *inside*. Why else would it always be the same color?Anon
- I used to believe that If I stuck my finger really far inside of my belly button I could touch my insides.Anon
- i used to think raisins were inside out flies. i still can't eat them to this day. :)— booga
- I use to believe that dragon flies and fire flies were fairies— lady eberly
- when I was a kid I thought that babies come out of a belly-button.— Ana