My dad once told me that if I didnt wash my bellybutton my ears would fall off ( I didnt know I was supposed to wash the inside of my belly button! ) So I cried and rubbed my bellybutton raw with soap until my brother told me he was lying!
A childhood belief about belly buttons

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if I didnt wash behind my ears, they'd fall off...— Karina
- i used to believe that if u didnt wash behind your ears potatos would grow in the dirt— michelle
- I was told that if i didnt wash my hair regularly it would turn green— Mimi Screami
- My uncle told me if you twist your bellybutton, your bum will fall off, I was terrified!— little2ft
- if you have freckles it is because you didnt wash your face well enoughAnon
- My uncle told me that if I didn't wash my ears when I took a bath, corn would start going out of them.— Ebod