in my youth, i asked my mother where belly buttons came from. she said that when we are born we are cooked in an oven and they poke you to see if you are 'done'. you're belly button was the scar. she added we were all different colours because some people are cooked for longer.
A childhood belief about belly buttons
others believed things like this
- That the belly button was the place where babies where born from.Anon
- I used to think that if i touched my belly button it would unfold and my belly would be inside out forever. Anon
- i uses to believe that boys wee'd out of their belly buttons.— boys and toilets
- I used to believe that babies came out of belly buttons — kels
- that bunnies came out of belly buttonsAnon
- when i was little i thought pigs ate only tomatoes because bacon and ham was red when cooked.Anon