When I was small my dad told me that if I unscrewed my belly button that my butt would fall off! I believed him and when people would try and tickle me I would yell " Dont touch my belly button or my butt will fall off!"
A childhood belief about belly buttons

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