As a young child I used to believe that if my belly button knot came untied, my skin would fall off.
A childhood belief about belly buttons

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if your belly button came undone your skin would fall off! Anon
- I used to believe your belly button was a knot that held you together - my parents had wierd anatomical views— anne
- 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 mom says that when she was growing up, she thought that her belly button was where her skin came together.— Dana
- 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