Greece Tooth Roof

Children in greece throw their teeth on the roof for good luck.

Greece tooth roof.

They also recite a little rhyme which comes out to something like take sow my tooth and give me an iron one so that i can chew rusks in some regions of greece it is a mouse not a sow which is invoked. Throw your tooth on the roof was a very exciting book to read seems perfect to read before bed. Children in greece throw their teeth on the roof for good luck. This book is about tooth traditions from around the world a big majority of the traditions involved a mouse or rat while canada and the u s a had the tooth fairy.

The tooth mouse is common in spanish and french speaking nations while many countries throw their baby teeth onto the roof including botswana the dominican republic india the philippines vietnam albania cyprus honduras and greece. Egyptian children throw their lost teeth to the sun wrapped it in tissue. Japan has a belief that separates their lower and upper teeth. They also recite a little rhyme which comes out to something like take sow my tooth and give me an iron one so that i can chew rusks in some regions of greece it is a mouse not a sow which is invoked.

Then they make a wish that their adult teeth will be healthy and strong. If children think a visit from the tooth fairy is the only way to trade in baby teeth they re in for a surprise. Then they make a wish that their adult teeth will be healthy and strong. Children in greece will toss their baby teeth onto the roof and make a wish for their teeth to grow strong and healthy.

Also a lot of cultures had the tradition of throwing their tooth on the roof. You throw the upper teeth down to the dirt and the lower teeth up to the roof. Then they make a wish that their adult teeth will be healthy and strong. Historically kids who lose teeth from their lower jaw will throw their teeth onto their roof while upper jaw teeth go on the floor or even under it the idea is the new tooth will be pulled.