Tooth fairy /

The tooth fairy is a legendary fairy who gives a child money or a gift in exchange for a baby tooth (also known as a deciduous or milk tooth) that has fallen out. Children typically place the tooth under their pillow at night. The fairy is said to take the tooth from under the pillow and replace it with money once they have fallen asleep. In early Europe, it was a tradition to bury baby teeth that fell out. The tradition is still very much alive and well in Ireland and Great Britain, where it is common for young children to believe in the Tooth Fairy. When a child's sixth tooth falls out, it is customary for the tooth fairy to slip a gift or money under the child's pillow, but to leave the tooth as a reward for the child growing strong. Some people leave trails of so called "fairy dust" on the floor of the childs room. There was also (in northern Europe) the tradition of the payment of a 'toothfe' or tooth fee. This payment was paid when a child cut their first tooth. This tradition is recorded in writings as early as the Eddas (poetic Edda and Prose Edda) which were the earliest written record of Norse and Northern European mythologies and traditions. Rosemary Wells, a former