Red Wellies # 8: š¶š¼ Five Bucks and a Fanta - The Alternative Tooth Fairy š¶š¼
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<center></center> <center>_[Source](https://www.mouthhealthykids.org/en/activity-sheets/tooth-fairy)_</center> The history or tradition of the mythical tooth fairy can be traced back to 13th century northern Europe, where the child was paid for losing a tooth. In England during the middle ages, children burnt their baby teeth to prevent hardship in the afterlife. Vikings paid children for their baby teeth to hang around their necks to bring them luck in battle. And in medieval Europe, the teeth were burnt to prevent them falling into a witchesā hands and her then gaining control of you. --- <center></center> --- Every family has their own way of acknowledging the loss of childās baby tooth. Whether itās a special tooth pillow or personalized letter from the tooth fairy and weāre no exception. >When the children were little, I created tiny little letters from their personal tooth fairy and left them along with payment for the tooth. For the loss of the first one they each received a $2 bill. Then sometime during kindergarten when classmates were putting their teeth into glasses of water and then the water would magically change color overnight, then we started to do that too. Pretty soon the illusion of the tooth fairy and childhood innocence was getting to be too much! >The panic - when you donāt have change and suddenly the tooth is worth $10. >The panic - of being caught digging under your childās head to retrieve the tooth. >The panic - when you fall asleep and the tooth fairy didnāt make it that night... >Panic, panic, panicā¦ oh the pressure, all for a little tooth. --- <center></center> --- **Enter five bucks and a Fantaā¦** <center></center> <center>_[Source](https://thekrazycouponlady.com/2012/03/12/all-the-things-you-can-get-for-five-bucks) & [Source](http://www.coca-cola.ie/drinks/fanta/Fanta-Orange)_</center> We were staying at a friendās beach house in New Smyrna, FL and our youngest son was having trouble with one of his front teeth. It was loose, but not quite ready to come out, but was causing pain when eating. >Daddy in all his wisdom š suggested that if he pulled it out, heād get _Five Bucks and a Fanta_, however for that heād have to give up the tooth to us and not the tooth fairy. Well $5, is a good price for a tooth, when the average is [$3.70]( http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/30/us/tooth-fairy-cost/index.html) and it wasnāt long before heād worked it loose and pulled it out and proudly showed us his bloody grin. And yes, he got $5 and a Fanta. <center></center> --- <center></center> --- A couple of days later, weād run to the store to get some provisions for breakfast when we got this text from our eldest daughterā¦ yes, as if by a miracle, his other tooth had come out and we didnāt even know it was loose. Another $5 and a Fanta. $10 not bad for a couple of days "work". <center></center> --- <center></center> --- Ever since then, no more āpanicā and itās so much easier! **Five bucks and a Fanta** all the way! The downside is that sometimes the boys enlist the help of their other sister to remove a loose tooth to get the coveted _āFive Bucks and a Fantaā_. **This video is not for the faint of heart!** <center>https://youtu.be/51S_-jYwgMk</center> Did you hear the āclickā as the tooth was removedā¦ So gross! _Anyway, thatās how the tooth fairy is now **āFive Bucks and a Fantaā**._  ---  Original content by @redwellies Historical Source: [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tooth_fairy) --- [](https://discord.gg/y58rgmY) ---