when i was about 5 my friend told me that there are certain green bugs that can crawl into your body through your belly-button and i still remember it sometimes and cover it:)
A childhood belief about belly buttons

others believed things like this
- I used to beleive if your belly button came undone all the air would go out of your body and you would die.— kate
- I used to think that if i touched my belly button it would unfold and my belly would be inside out forever. Anon
- 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