2007-11-06 09:16:33 · 37 answers · asked by helen p 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Well I know a LOT about the tooth fairy. She lives in a white castle of First Teeth (the first lost teeth from every little girl and boy!) and wears beautiful white gowns. And even though some people think she has a tooth on her wand, it's actually a tiny star. The reason it's a star is because once she takes the First Teeth to use for herself, she takes the REALLY white teeth and makes them into stars. The star on her wand was her First Tooth. So if you brush well and floss, your teeth become stars when the tooth fairy takes them!
2007-11-06 09:33:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The tooth fairy is a traditional children's character said to give children a large amount of money (or sometimes a gift) in exchange for a baby tooth when it comes out of a child's mouth. Children are supposed to leave the tooth under their pillow and this magical being will take while they sleep.
Cultural historians say that superstition has always surrounded teeth and these valuable tokens have been used to ward off witches and demons in the past. Likewise, if discarded body parts such as teeth, nail clippings or hair fell into hostile hands, it was believed that they could become the focus of sympathetic magic. Vikings were even supposed to give children a "tooth fee" for using children's teeth.
In a variety of cultures, the shedding of the first baby tooth became a kind of ritual. This rite of passage has been documented in numerous ways. Many of these ceremonies included verbal incantations and wishes, along with actions. Variations on this custom were most likely passed along through oral communication.
2007-11-06 09:35:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
She sprinkles the tooth with magical fairy dust, and then plants it into the gums of the child that she took it from... so that it will grow into a new tooth!
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she builds a big beautiful castle out of teeth in the center of Fairy World, which she lives in!
2007-11-06 09:28:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When my daughter was little i told her it was to build a beautiful white house for the princess tooth fairy cos she only wanted the whitest teeth to build her home. It made her brush her teeth.
2007-11-06 11:37:33 · answer #4 · answered by kittykisskisss 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, when science fair time comes around, the tooth is dropped into a glass bottle of Coca-Cola and presto, 30 days later, the tooth has completely vanished?
2007-11-06 09:21:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
She sorts through them to make dentures. They don't have a good dental plan in Fairy land.
Have you ever seen a fairy with bad teeth?
2007-11-06 09:20:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
She turns them into dust, and freezes them into unique shapes. But it takes a long time, and she chooses to dump it from the sky (where she lives) during the winter time. So whenever you see a "Snowflake", it could be your old tooth, and remember when you walk through the first "Snowfall" you are really walking through piles of old teeth.
2007-11-06 09:23:22 · answer #7 · answered by Alli_G8tr 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tooth fairies make necklaces and all sorts of jewelry out of the teeth. They are very white and clean.
I know because my mom is one.
2007-11-06 09:25:05 · answer #8 · answered by ducky 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She sells them to the paint industry.
Ever hear that rattle when shaking a spray paint can? That's a kids tooth!
Quite a profit scam for the ol' toothfairy
2007-11-06 10:25:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
She make little fairy necklaces or belts. or even a set of false teeth for herself.
2007-11-06 09:26:55 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋