I used to belive that my belly botton held my skin on that's why it was called a belly botton and if it came undone 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 belive that if yo played with you belly utton that all your skin would unravel— steven sean john johnston
- My mom says that when she was growing up, she thought that her belly button was where her skin came together.— Dana
- I used to beleive if your belly button came undone all the air would go out of your body and you would die.— kate
- In 'Call Me Maybe', I misheard 'Ripped jeans skin' as 'Rich cheese skin'. — Carly Rae Cheddar
- I used to believe your belly button was a knot that held you together - my parents had wierd anatomical views— anne