I used to, and still sorta do, believe that if I got poked too hard in the belly button it would unravel and all my guts would fall out!
I'm 15 now and still can't have anyone viciously poke my belly button(irrational I know!), but all my friends threaten me with it constantly!
A childhood belief about belly buttons

others believed things like this
- i used to believe that if you poked yerr belly button yerr butt would fall off.— jordy
- I used to believe that if I poked my grandfather in the belly-button he would spit out quarters. — Justin
- When I was a kid my dad told me that if you unscrewed your belly button your bum would fall off.— Ann
- i was told that if you fiddled with your belly-button too much, my bum would fall off.Anon
- someone could unscrew my belly button, and if they did, my head would fall offAnon
- I believed that if you pushed your belly button, your bum would fall off.— Wendy