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A childhood belief about belly buttons

I used to believe…

untill i turned 10 i thought if i touched my belly button all my guts would come out because thats what my step dad and uncle told me then my uncle (whose only a few years older than me)would chase me around the house and try to poke my bellybutton! lol

Anon

others believed things like this

My uncle told me if you twist your bellybutton, your bum will fall off, I was terrified!— little2ft
I had an uncle that told me that we had belly buttons for putting salt in while we ate celery in bed.— ainmama2001
I used to think that if i touched my belly button it would unfold and my belly would be inside out forever. Anon
when i was young i was told that if i played with or turned my belly button that my bum would fall off — lee hull
my uncle was a doctor, so when he told me his vw could fly, i believed.— boodles
Up until I was nine my uncle told me that the round bales of hay were cow eggs.— Fred

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