Old Lore About Teeth

Gypsy lore surrounding teeth is as follows:

• A child’s first tooth must, when it falls out, should be thrown into a hollow tree.
• Those which come out in the seventh year are carefully kept, and whenever the child suffers from toothache, one is thrown into a stream.
• The tooth of a wolf hung to the neck of an infant was believed to be an efficient amulet against disease;
• A child’s tooth caught before it falls to the ground and set in a bracelet was considered to be beneficial to women.

From: Gypsy Sorcery and Fortune Telling