My mother used to scare us into believing that she could make our arms and legs fall off by unscrewing our belly buttons, my brother and I were terrified of screwdrivers for the longest time.
A childhood belief about belly buttons

others believed things like this
- If you undo your belly-button with a screwdriver, your legs will fall off.— Toby
- 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
- I used to belief that women had babies by pressing their belly buttons!— amy
- i used to believe that guys pulled out their outie belly buttons and that's how they peed.— Sky