When I was little, my sister told me that if I touched my belly button too much, it would unravel into my umbilical cord...i still dont touch it a lot. lol.
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 If I stuck my finger really far inside of my belly button I could touch my insides.Anon
- i used to belive that if yo played with you belly utton that all your skin would unravel— steven sean john johnston
- My younger sister used to believe that in everybody's belly button there lived a family of squirrels.— Sophie
- 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