My sister used to torment me as all siblings do. Towards the age of 4 or 5, and she being 10..One way she did this was to chase me around the house with a screwdriver (not the real kind, just the lil tikes kind) and told me that if she put it in my belly button and start to twist it, I would fall apart. Needless to say, she won whatever fight we got in if she grabbed that screwdriver. Who wants to fall apart?!
A childhood belief about belly buttons
others believed things like this
- If you undo your belly-button with a screwdriver, your legs will fall off.— Toby
- 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 if you fiddled with your belly-button too much, my bum would fall off.Anon
- when i was young i was told that if i played with or turned my belly button that my bum would fall off — lee hull
- My uncle told me if you twist your bellybutton, your bum will fall off, I was terrified!— little2ft
- someone could unscrew my belly button, and if they did, my head would fall offAnon