My mum told me that if I picked at the stuff that gathered in my belly button my umbilical cord will come undone and all my fluids will fall out. That petrified me until I was maybe thirteen, when I confronted my mum on how to get it clean if I couldn't touch it. She couldn't believe that I still believed her. I'm a rather gullible person, i suppose.
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 beleive if your belly button came undone all the air would go out of your body and you would die.— kate
- I believed that if you pushed your belly button, your bum would fall off.— Wendy
- You couldn't have your belly button covered for too long or it would be harder for you to breathe.— Jess
- 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