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How much did the tooth fairy bring you?

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Gogogran Wed 11-Nov-15 13:08:06

I remember getting sixpence and counting myself lucky! Now apparently some kids are getting up to £10 a tooth. Tooth fairy must have been playing the lottery...

loopylou Wed 11-Nov-15 13:19:53

Thre'pence grin, sixpence for a molar.

Apparently £20 is becoming the norm, thank goodness I don't have young children!

JamJar1 Wed 11-Nov-15 13:42:25

Pretty sure the tooth fairy never visited our house when I was small.
My own GC get a shiny pound coin each tooth.

rosesarered Wed 11-Nov-15 14:43:09

I don't remember, too long ago. Our children used to get a 50pence piece for each tooth and my DGS gets £2 coin.

annodomini Wed 11-Nov-15 14:47:25

I used to get 6d per tooth and my DC, if I remember correctly got no more than 50p. Their children get £1 per tooth.

WilmaKnickersfit Wed 11-Nov-15 15:19:12

6d then a shilling (then10p) IIRC Pretty sure I didn't get extra for a big tooth though! shock And just how do you slide a note instead of a coin under a pillow? confused

WilmaKnickersfit Wed 11-Nov-15 15:20:46

I think a pound would be about right these days. Just enough to be a treat and not too much.

hildajenniJ Wed 11-Nov-15 15:26:42

I got a very shiny sixpence per tooth. My mother must have kept the new ones, or had the polish out for the older ones! My DGC get a £2 coin. The last time that DGD put a tooth under her pillow the Tooth Fairy gave her a £1 coin and some costume jewellery. She was surprised but delighted.

Teetime Wed 11-Nov-15 15:46:23

She didn't - my mother didn't 'believe' in such things . sad

apricot Wed 11-Nov-15 18:12:16

The tooth fairy hadn't been invented when I was a child. Can't remember how much she gave my children but my grandchildren all get £1.
I kept all of my children's baby teeth. One or two got lost at school or swallowed.
We didn't get Easter eggs either, when did they become common?

granjura Wed 11-Nov-15 18:47:02

exactly- no tooth fairy for me either.

lefthanded Wed 11-Nov-15 19:56:48

6d myself, 50p for my son and now £2 for my grandson.

dahlia Wed 11-Nov-15 20:25:20

Definitely a shiny sixpence! What a strange idea really, "allowing" a fairy stranger to come at night, lift the pillow and all! smile

rosesarered Wed 11-Nov-15 21:12:43

Exciting though! We certainly had Easter eggs as well.

rosesarered Wed 11-Nov-15 21:13:29

Though not at the same time, obviously.

LullyDully Wed 11-Nov-15 22:18:46

I think we got 6p. The GC get £1 which must be similar sadly.

FarNorth Wed 11-Nov-15 22:26:18

3d or 6d, don't remember which. My DC got 50p
Once my DS put a set of joke plastic teeth under his pillow and got a plastic 50p grin

£20 / £10 / £5 shock

Bellanonna Wed 11-Nov-15 22:59:59

Silver threepenny bits

Indinana Wed 11-Nov-15 23:23:14

I used to get 6d. I think we gave our DC 50p.

£20, or £10 seems out of all proportion to me. Even £5 is pushing it a bit IMHO.

Granny23 Wed 11-Nov-15 23:34:54

I think my DGC get £1 per tooth. If £20 was on offer they wold be pulling out their teeth with pliers grin

Eloethan Thu 12-Nov-15 00:23:19

Sixpence.

Shortlegs Thu 12-Nov-15 12:32:13

6d.

Granjan44 Thu 12-Nov-15 13:44:15

Not common in my own young days, but own children 50p. Inflation to blame for DGC receiving £2 a time.

David1968 Thu 12-Nov-15 14:10:54

My grandchildren in California get $1 which is about 66p. I used to get 6d.
I agree with Granny 23 - children would be pulling teeth out to get £10 or more.....

Charleygirl Thu 12-Nov-15 14:18:09

I think 6d, I cannot really remember. £10 a tooth is nonsense, considering the number that we have!