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  Tooth fairy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The tooth fairy is a character in modern Western culture said to give children a small amount of money (or sometimes a gift) in exchange for a tooth when it comes out of a child's mouth.
The Tooth Fairy is an example of folklore mythology which adults know is fiction, but which is sometimes presented to children as fact.
In the movie Darkness Falls, the Tooth Fairy was a woman burned to death on the belief that she killed two children.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tooth_fairy   (1249 words)

  
 History of the Tooth Fairy.
The child is to leave the tooth under his/her pillow, so that the tooth fairy can take it during her visit.
Fairies in general are generally considered to be great influences in art, and folklore and legend surround each fairy tale.
The tooth is left under their pillow, so that the tooth fairy can take it.
www.toothfairys.net /toothfairyhistory.htm   (332 words)

  
 The Tooth Fairy Tats 2000 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
If they all combined their lost teeth, the tooth fairy will provide them with enough cash to purchase a Sega Dreamcast.
Tom Foley, another member believes that the missing teeth and money are due to a fl-market tooth racket that he has seen before in Montreal, but nobody believes him, and even believe that Montreal is a fictional place.
The Tooth Fairy Cartman figure of the series 2 Mezco Toyz line of South Park figures is from this episode.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Tooth_Fairy_Tats_2000   (991 words)

  
 Tooth Fairy Coins from ToothFairyCoin.com
The legend of the tooth fairy is a prized one in American culture.
It is reasonable to think that the tooth fairy legend originated from a place where folklore and legend are tradition, namely, England or Ireland.
Tooth Fairy coins from ToothFairy.com are great gifts for your children who still believe that dreams do come true.
www.toothfairycoin.com   (651 words)

  
 THE TOOTH FAIRY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Tooth Fairies are real people - people like you and me. They are conscripted by the Federal Government to serve short duration as Tooth Fairies, and are then turned to their former position in life, totally unaware of the experience.
Dispatched much like taxi cabs, Tooth Fairies are issued a special government skeleton key that will gain them admittance to the bedroom of any child with a tooth under his or her pillow.
Quite often Tooth Fairies are caught in the middle of their routine by startled, angry parents.
users.ilnk.com /tbeck/tooth/fairy.html   (385 words)

  
 Straight Dope Staff Report: What's the origin of the tooth fairy?
The tooth fairy as we now know her didn't make an appearance until the early 1900s, as a generalized "good fairy" with a professional specialization.
The child loses a baby tooth, which is put under the pillow at night, and the tooth fairy exchanges it for a present, usually money but sometimes candy.
The Tooth Fairy, a three-act playlet for children by Esther Watkins Arnold, was published in 1927.
www.straightdope.com /mailbag/mtoothfairy.html   (1082 words)

  
 Tooth fairy - www.ezboard.com
I am guessing that somewhere in the Victorian era the fairy and reward was added to encourage children to give the teeth to thier mothers.
There are two articles on the Tooth Fairy ("The Tooth Fairy: Perspectives on Money and Magic" by Tad Tuleja, and "The Making of an Icon: the Tooth Fairy in North American Folklore and Popular Culture" by Rosemary Wells) in _The Good People: New Fairylore Essays_ edited by Peter Narvaez.
Tooth Fairy by Graham Joyce, and a wicked little number it is, too.
www.surlalunefairytales.com /boardarchives/2002/nov2002/toothfairy.html   (943 words)

  
 Farewell, Tooth Fairy
He rushed the tooth to the lab, extracted the pulp, broke it apart into individual cells, and placed the cells in a Petri dish with culture medium.
The idea is that one day, if you were to develop Parkinson's, you could just have a wisdom tooth pulled, and doctors would extract the stem cells, grow them up, and inject them in your brain to cure the condition.
Tooth stem cells could offer an advantage over embryonic stem cells in treating diseases because they are less likely to develop into teratomas (tumors) when transplanted.
www.acfnewsource.org /science/fairwell_toothfairy.html   (1143 words)

  
 Tooth Fairy Pillows | The Perfect Gift For All Children
Tooth Fairy PillowsTM are designed and manufactured by AmyLou Designs, Inc. in Wichita, KS.
They are approximately 10" x 11", designed in the shape of a tooth and made by moms and grandmas.
The pocket is used to hold a tooth to be collected by the tooth fairy in exchange for a treat.
www.toothfairypillow.net   (122 words)

  
 The Tooth Fairy
One tradition in England held that if a child's tooth fell out, that child must drop it into a fire, to avoid having to look for it after death, and this may be the origin of the importance of a lost tooth.
Eventually this rite too changed, and the fallen out tooth was placed under a child's pillow, where the parents switched the tooth (always in the middle of the night) for a treat or money.
In other parts of the world, mothers hid their children's teeth from animals because, they believed, if an animal found the tooth, a tooth like that animal's would grow in the mouth of the child.
www.toothfairycoin.com /tooth_fairy_legend.html   (607 words)

  
 The Tooth Fairy - a skeptical analysis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Tooth Fairy is a common childhood myth.
In the morning, the Tooth Fairy had indeed been, and I was 10p better off.
Another procedure is to attempt to deduce the properties of the Tooth Fairy, should she actually exist (after all, you may not be able to stay awake _all_ night to catch your parents at it).
www.abarnett.demon.co.uk /atheism/tooth.html   (940 words)

  
 Tooth Fairy - Free Tooth Fairy Certificates - Tooth Faery - Tooth Faerie
The Tooth Fairy gives children a small amount of money or a present in exchange for a tooth when it falls out and the child places the tooth under their pillow at night before going to sleep.
The Tooth Fairy calls upon the European folk tales of House Elves or Brownies who will often preform useful tasks or exchange valuable treasures for things humans view as mundane or useless.
The most commonly accepted belief by academics is the fairy's development from the tooth mouse, depicted in an 18th-century French fairy tale.
www.tooth-fairy.org   (613 words)

  
 Re: The tooth fairy
Mom would substitute the quarter for the tooth, and say that the tooth fairy had been there.
The nature of the sentence, dealing with something as surreal as a tooth fairy, does strike me as being peculiar, especially since the scene set up quite a concrete situation of medical illness from which the patient who said the phrase was suffering.
Your opinion assures me that there might not be any somewhat deeper meaning or reference to the saying besides the practice it portrays, worshipping the whims of as an unlikely being as the tooth fairy, with its greediness for baby teeth.
www.phrases.org.uk /bulletin_board/43/messages/644.html   (499 words)

  
 Write the Toothfairy
So, Tooth Fairy Helper Larry, who is the best artist in all of Tooth Fairyland, drew a wonderful picture of what I look like.
Emma and the other Tooth Fairy Helpers who work with her spend their days and nights making sure they know all the children's names and where they live.
Using my Tooth Fairy Magic, I can go right into your room, but my magic only works if there is a lost tooth, and if your are really sleeping.
www.toothfairyland.com /TFLwrite.html   (2431 words)

  
 Tooth Fairy - Buy Dental Plans Online
It is usually defined like this: When a tooth falls out, leave it under your pillow when you go to sleep.
During the night, the Tooth Fairy will visit your room, take the tooth and leave a small amount of hard cash.
The tooth fairy ranks right up there with Saint Nick and the Easter bunny as far as favorite childhood myths go but unlike the aforementioned, the tooth fairy is not based on any spiritual beliefs.
www.american-coverage-dental-plans.com /tooth-fairy.html   (205 words)

  
 Tooth Fairy Items, Pillows, Ceramic Boxes from TakeAStroll Baby Gift Gallery
Fit for a princess, the miniature Tooth Fairy comes with her own wings.
Here's a terrific Tooth Fairy ceramic figure that is great for the little man in your life.
These elegant white linen Tooth Fairy Pillows come with either a pink or blue bow and a small pocket for storing a lost tooth.
www.takeastroll.com /toothfairy.htm   (199 words)

  
 Tooth Fairy Box
The first 2 boxes (My 1st Tooth and Celtic) are handcrafted and finished in Sheffield, England.
The second two boxes (Gaea and Lunette) are made in the USA and are part of the Rawcliffe collection.
the tooth magic, which is vital for Fairies to survive.
www.ultimatetoothfairy.com /Products_Pewter.html   (247 words)

  
 tooth fairy pillow and other pillow items
tooth fairy pillow and other pillow products are some of our best selling tooth fairy items.
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Our tooth fairy pillow and other tooth fairy products are backed by a return policy and we stand by the quality of the tooth fairy pillow and other pillow products offered.
www.cheapnovelty.com /tooth_fairy_pillow.html   (183 words)

  
 Dear Tooth Fairy,
My oldest daughter lost a tooth, and decided to write a note to the tooth fairy.
Sometimes collector fairies will leave a bit of money, like I do, but some are very greedy, and leave nothing, or they are very mischievous and tear things up.
She will be 12 in March; she has reached puberty; she is growing up; and she is flying past the age when the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy and Santa Claus were certain to be real.
www.geocities.com /terryoglesby/toothfairy.htm   (2024 words)

  
 Amazon.fr : Nice Try, Tooth Fairy: Livres en anglais: Mary W. Olson,Kathleen Tillotson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The fairy obliges, but brings a hippopotamus's tooth by mistake, and its owner comes to the girl's room to claim it.
One double spread depicts the frazzled fairy searching for Emma's tooth in her cluttered office, and sharp-eyed readers will be able to spot it.
Young Emma's polite request to borrow her tooth to show Grandpa brings a succession of not-quite-right substitutes, from an elephant's tusk to a hedgehog's sand-grain–sized nubbin--and a train of original owners charging into her bedroom to reclaim them.
www.amazon.fr /Nice-Tooth-Fairy-Mary-Olson/dp/0689861419   (503 words)

  
 Tooth Fairy Radio Serial
The episodes dramatize the mishaps of Newton—who in his attire of lavender dental smock and sequined high hat and mask—visits the homes of children who lose their growing teeth.
As was the tradition, the young ones left the tooth under their pillow for pickup by the Toothfairy during the night and, in the morning found a nickel, dime or quarter, a bus token or even a slug in place of the tooth.
In the near future, the offical top-quality "Tooth Fairy Series" on CD will be available, with exclusive material included.
www.toothfairyserial.com   (196 words)

  
 Tooth Fairy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
This cute tooth fairy is provided in different sizes, with and without lettering, so you can create your own project.
Tooth fairies can be purchased for $5 each or as a set for $15.
Instructions for using a backwards appliqué technique are provided in the download file.
www.auntymdesigns.com /html/tooth_fairy.html   (178 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The Tooth Fairy: DVD: Chuck Bowman,Lochlyn Munro,Chandra West,Steve Bacic,Nicole Muñoz,Jianna ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Put A Tooth Under Your Pillow And Let The Bloodbath Begin Northern California, 1949: In the woods outside of a small town, a hideous witch lured children to her crumbling home where she stole their teeth, butchered their bodies, and cursed their souls to wander the earth forever.
The tooth fairy shows a remarkable versatility in her slayings, proving on more than one occasion that she is very handy with a power tool.
In this film, the tooth fairy is an old witch who takes a child's last tooth and then kills them to collect their souls.
www.amazon.com /Tooth-Fairy-Chuck-Bowman/dp/B000FS2W1W   (2420 words)

  
 BookLoons: The Tooth Fairy's Cousin
The tooth fairy left a dollar under her pillow that night - she took the tooth and the gum.
She was in her pajamas by the pool with the tooth fairy - not the sort of fairy you see in the movies!
The Tooth Fairy took the contract and disappeared in a splash of fireworks (with lots of orange and purple).
www.bookloons.com /HandHTML/WeeLoons/Tooth_Fairy_Cousin.html   (762 words)

  
 THE TOOTHFAIRY*S BABY TOOTH BANKª   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Tooth Fairy placed a star from her magic wand on the bank's circular dial.
Riches left by The Tooth Fairy can also be saved - inside the hollow tooth centerpiece for a rainy day.
When the bank is turned over, a chart provides a diary for recording the memorable dates each tiny tooth fell out and a place to personalize the bank with that special "little someone's" name.
www.tfairy.com /toothbank.html   (346 words)

  
 DotMoms: The tooth fairy
Before I got home from work she tucked her tooth inside the pocket of her tooth fairy pillow and wrote a note in the living room on her large chalkboard asking what the tooth fairy does with the teeth she collects.
Lillianna's tooth fairy always leaves her a tiny note wrapped in dental floss and $5 in the pillow pocket.
The tooth fairy, like Santa Claus, always sees what is going on in her life.
roughdraft.typepad.com /dotmoms/2004/04/the_tooth_fairy.html   (866 words)

  
 Tooth Fairy (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.umd.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Tooth Fairy is one of the topics in focus at Global Oneness.
In societies that have high sugar diets, tooth decay can damage teeth badly enough that they need to be removed.
Some of the earliest artificial teeth were made by the Etruscans and their use was adopted in Ancient Rome for the wealthy citizens who often dined on food containing damaging sugars.
www.experiencefestival.com.cob-web.org:8888 /tooth_fairy   (1157 words)

  
 A Free Printable Letter from the Tooth Fairy from the Tooth Fairy
In our free printable letter from the Tooth fairy, the Tooth Fairy thanks children for the tooth and gives a checklist of reasons why she was able to take the tooth.
Parents appreciate a free letter from the Tooth Fairy because a note from the Tooth Fairy demonstrates that whimsy and wonder which are still alive and well today.
Letters from the Tooth Fairy are sure to be a hit with the kid(s) in your home.
www.toothfairydoll.com   (347 words)

  
 Tooth Fairy Pillows - Tooth Fairy Pillows & Baby Gifts
These lovely white linen mini tooth fairy pillows come with either a pink princess or blue prince theme and includes a small pocket for storing a lost tooth.
The tooth fairy pillows are polyester filled and soft.
If ordering more then One Tooth Fairy Pillow, please use comment box to indicate color (pink princess tooth fairy pillow or blue prince tooth fairy pillow) selection of additional pillows.
www.beheresoon.com /product_details.asp?ItemID=Tooth-Fairy-Pillow   (191 words)

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