I used to believe that your belly buttons were connected to your intestines, and if you poked your belly button too hard, you could puncture your intestines and die.
A childhood belief about belly buttons

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if I poked my grandfather in the belly-button he would spit out quarters. — Justin
- i used to believe that if you poked yerr belly button yerr butt would fall off.— jordy
- I used to think that if i touched my belly button it would unfold and my belly would be inside out forever. Anon
- Until the age of 10, I was terrified of peeing out my intestines.— darya
- i used to think that when you ate food it went into your heart not your intestinesAnon
- my parents used to tell me if you ate raw carrots,you would vomit your intestines.— gerald finkleton