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TOOTH FAIRY

AS A CHILD, WHENEVER I LOST ONE OF MY BABY TEETH, THAT
NIGHT I WOULD PUT IT UNDER MY PILLOW AND WHEN I AWOKE THE
NEXT MORNING, I WOULD FIND THAT THE TOOTH FAIRY (MY FATHER)
HAD COME DURING THE NIGHT AND TAKEN MY TOOTH AND LEFT SOME
MONEY
USUALLY A QUARTER OR FIFTY CENTS

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES

Subject headings: CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Maturity
BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome
BELIEF -- Body part Senses

Date learned: 0001950S

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