Throwing Teeth On The Roof Greece

I was pleasantly surprised to see the greek custom of throwing the milk tooth onto the roof a custom i was interested to learn is also pracitised in korea and taiwan.

Throwing teeth on the roof greece.

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. Children in greece throw their teeth on the roof for good luck. Children in guatemala put their tooth under their pillow and wait for a mouse to take their tooth away and leave them some money. Then they make a wish that their adult teeth will be healthy and strong.

You throw the upper teeth down to the dirt and the lower teeth up to the roof. Infact in greece the throwing of the tooth onto the roof is accompanied by the reciting of a little rhyme which can be loosely translated as follows. 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.

Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. 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. If children think a visit from the tooth fairy is the only way to trade in baby teeth they re in for a surprise. Egyptian children throw their lost teeth to the sun wrapped it in tissue.

Are you following a tradition that s the sam. Children in greece will toss their baby teeth onto the roof and make a wish for their teeth to grow strong and healthy. Then they make a wish that their adult teeth will be healthy and strong. Ar 71289 an informative and fun look at the traditions around the world for one thing that happens to everyone.

Take sow my tooth and. Japan has a belief that separates their lower and upper teeth. Then they make a wish that their adult teeth will be healthy and strong. 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.

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.