I used to believe that if you got to much water in your bellybutton when you were taking a bath, it would shrivel up and fall off of your belly.
A childhood belief about belly buttons

others believed things like this
- If you suck your thumb it would eventually go black, shrivel up and fall off.— Charlotte
- That if you fiddled with your bellybutton it would unscrew your bum and it would fall off— Sundaeg1rl
- My uncle told me if you twist your bellybutton, your bum will fall off, I was terrified!— little2ft
- I used to believe that if i splashed water on the wall during a bath, the water would turn into spiders— justin
- how many us believed you would go down the drain with the bath water? I did!— Amy
- When I was a kid, I use to believe, when I put salt in my bath water I will turn into a mermaid.— marletha