Friday, October 23, 2009
Korea's Version of the Tooth Fairy
Recently, my 6 year old lost his first tooth! My father, who is a first generation Korean American, told me that Koreans do not practice the Tooth fairy. Instead, Korean children are taught to throw their lost tooth to the roof, in hopes that a bird will find it. It is believed that the bird will bring good fortune through a new tooth!
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3 comments:
That's pretty cool,
but I can't imagine how birds will find tooth hanging on the "roof" of apartments in typical urban areas in Korea...
ha ha! we totally did that growing up. :)
You're right Dokebi! The roof top of urban apts are like sky high! Haha.
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