FAIRY TALES-WORLD TOUR
Happy “Tooth-Day”!
Happy Halloweek to all & to all a healthy smile:) Don’t forget all the Mouth Monster tips I gave you the last couple weeks. It’s all about making the smarter choices.
If your little ones tooth gets stuck in some sticky stuff & you need to call for the Tooth Fairy, well today’s post is all about the legend.
Did you know that the tooth fairy traditions are different around the world? I’m excited to share my finding on what other kids around the globe do when they loose their teeth.
In our neck of the woods, when the tooth fairy pays a nighttime visit to a home, she’s not just picking up a tooth, she is honored to be part of a family tradition. One can call it a right of passage that marks a child’s transition from childhood to adolescence. The legend of the Tooth Fairy stimulates the imagination & reminds us to believe in magic. In the United States, we tend to leave our fallen tooth under our pillow, but soon you will learn what other traditions children around the world believe in. The Tooth Fairy hovers quietly, fluttering down gently to collect the tooth from under the pillow, while never walking the sleeping child. In place of the tooth, she leaves a treasure from her basket for the child to find in the morning.
WORLD TOUR
ARGENTINA & SWEDEN:
- Boys & girls leave baby teeth in a glass of water. While they sleep, Magical Mouse takes the tooth, leaves the children a little money, & drinks the water.
EUROPE:
- Many European children leave their teeth under their pillow just like a lot of American Kids do, but the Tooth Fairy’s elf & brownie friends are the ones who make the trade for treasure.
THE PHILIPPINES:
- Magical Mouse’s cousin Tooth Rat picks up unwanted teeth in the Philippines. He doesn’t request water, instead he asks that children leave the tooth on the window sill so he can make the tooth trade quickly & move on to the next house.
COLUMBIA & SOUTH AFRICA:
- There’s another little mouse that makes the rounds in Columbia & South Africa. Children might leave their teeth under pillows there, but they also leave it in a warm slipper.
CHILE & COSTA RICA:
- In Chile & Costa Rica, children usually give their lovely white teeth to their mothers, who make pretty charms out of the teeth & then give them back to their kids. People have actually been giving enamel jewelry as gifts for centuries; what better token than your own tooth-LOL.
I hope you enjoyed the fun facts about what the Tooth Fairy does when she travels the world!
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Farah Flossit (Special Agent Flossit)
