Then they make a wish that their adult teeth will be healthy and strong.
Throwing teeth on the roof greece.
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.
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.
You throw the upper teeth down to the dirt and the lower teeth up to the roof.
Take sow my tooth and give me an iron one so.
Instead of wishing for money lots of kids throw baby teeth on the roof so their permanent teeth will come in straight and healthy.
Egyptian children throw their lost teeth to the sun wrapped it in tissue.
Children in greece throw their teeth on the roof for good luck.
Children in greece throw their teeth on the roof for good luck.
Then they make a wish that their adult teeth will be healthy and strong.
Japan has a belief that separates their lower and upper teeth.
Children in greece throw their teeth on the roof for good luck.
Children in greece will toss their baby teeth onto the roof and make a wish for their teeth to grow strong and healthy.
Some countries with this tradition include greece singapore.