How much did you get from the Tooth Fairy?

Little Goose

Ok, at work today, we were having this conversation about the Tooth Fairy and how much she puts under your pillow.. Some said that their friends' kids got some crazy amount of money for their teeth and I was just thinking back to the good ol' days when I got 20p, 50p, or I was delighted to get £1 under my pillow. I am almost 24 - just so you have an idea how long ago that was. (Not too long, mind you! - I still remember like it was yesterday)

So, I ask you, how much did you get (if anything) from the Tooth Fairy? And tell us how old you are too, so we'll have an idea as to how long ago etc..

It's a pity salaries don't inflate this fast! :rolleyes:

Kêrmêttê

I used to have to put my tooth in an egg cup on the window sill because I was told that the tooth would get lost if I left it under my pillow and I wouldn't get any money.
I used to get 50p... which was a fortune when I was a kid... you could buy many head rotting sweeties with that sort of money!
One girl in my class used to get little letters from the tooth fairy... we were all so jealous... that was worth much more than any money!
My God... the innocence of youth!

mad m

The poor auld fairy is rich these days as the house prices are going up in never never land.They wont get out of bed for no less than 5euro a tooth....

jor el

I used to get about 50p I think. My niece has been getting €5 per tooth since her's started falling out about a year ago. Nice inflation rate there. I think €5 would get you more now than 50p did twenty years ago.

Sleepy

I used to get 20p, my parents were such cheapskates! : (

(24 btw)

Adam

50p, an im 18.... fairly sickening to see your little 6 year old sister gettin a tenner only last week..... i feel cheated!

rainbow kirby

About 50p iirc... Got to a pound when I was about 10.

clearz

I used to get £1 and im 23 but if I was that age again I would be expecting a fiver, inflation is a bitch.

KlodaX

it used to be a silver coin. I think thats the way it was through the ages.

thing is now 2euro is the highest value of coin. what am I saying.. thats plenty! they are only going to buy sweets and ruin the rest of them anyway!

Rabies

I'm 24, would get 50p or £1 for a tooth when I was young. Younger sister gets €2 now.

Raphael

I'm 15, I used tog et 1 pound coind, and be rightly pleased with myself

Tusky

Im 19. Used to get a pound or two I think.

tribble

50p 23

OfflerCrocGod

A punch in the face.

Raphael

That's a great way for the fairy to keep business moving. Knock out childrens teeth

gonker

My daughter is 11 just lost a tooth the other night (she doesnt believe)( I have a nine year old as well who totally believes) My 11 year old came in to tell me in the middle of the night that she had lost a tooth. I had had a hard night..... friends stayed over a few bottles of wine... you know the story any way i said the doting mother thing"oh you poor thing hope you are ok etc... but fell fast asleep. I woke up the next morning she came in and said mam I got a fiver from the tooth fairy. I looked at her funny she came close to me and said I said you gave me a fiver so you wouldnt feel bad about not leaving me anything and so the other kids (my friends kids and my other daughter) wouldnt guess that there was no tooth fairy....clever girl........ I had to give her a fiver later on...she normally got 2euro
gonk

passive

heehee. clever little one... (watch your back :rolleyes:)

edit: i think i got 50p, about 7 years back. seemed like enough at the time... hell, 5 euro would keep me more than happy now. hardly seems fair for 10 year olds to be getting that much.

gonker

heehee. clever little one... (watch your back )

Oh I know

simu

I'm 24, used to get 20p back when 20p meant something... blah blah blah...

Optikus

About 50p .... but i can only really recall one or occasions of waking up and finding money under my pillow.

Agent Smith

got 50p,

(i'm 19)

pickarooney

The orthodontist who put in my braces was, to put it bluntly, a raging woopsie.
So I guess I gave the tooth fairy the guts of two grand.

Tiriel

oh it depended on quality you see.. motivation to keep 'em pearly white and it kinda went on size too as far as I can remember!!! the ickle ones were worth 'bout 20p and the big ones a pound!! loaded!!

embee

It used to depend on the size of the tooth really.

Larger ones warranted more money than smaller ones. 20p for a regular sized one, 40p for a bigger.

My mother also used to tell us that the tooth fairy wouldnt pay for teeth that had been "encouraged" out with our tongues/fingers because they were "ruined". So, as kids, we had to resist the urge that all kids get to mess with their wobbly teeth.

Jesus, she was such a b*tch.

DEmeant0r

I didn't actually get anything from the tooth fairy, the tooth fairy was mean!

woosaysdan

i got around .50p or 1 pound and im 21!!!

irlirishkev

I'm 27, and I used to get 50p when I lost a tooth. Seemed like a lot of money at the time. I seem to remember I could get a lot of sweets and a Beano with it.

I used to leave the tooth in a glass of water beside my bed. Sometimes, when I woke, either it was in the water, or the glass was gone, and the money was where the glass was.. Wow.. I'd forgotten all about that!

Kev.

Dave

20

And i used to get 50p

I remember staying over at a friends house when I was small and having a tooth fall out there, and I still got 50p. That stopped any doubts about the tooth fairy, which I was having.

_blank_

I am 24.

And as far as I can remember, the 20p piece came out in 1986 was it?

So, I would have been about the 7ish when it came out, and losing my teeth.

I got a few of them new shiny 20p pieces I can tell you, then in 1988 when I was 9ish, out came the Dublin Milennium 50p pieces, and I got a few of them too.

cajun_tiger

i remember i had to get my 4 back teeth taken out and i got a 5 pound note (i'm 21) but most cases was 20p or 50p, get a can of coke a beano and a chocolate bar

NotMe

Hmm I got 20p or 50p... I think it was 50p for a back tooth. But I didn't bother with all that tooth fairy crap.... I just went straight to the source (my mam).

ixoy

25. Mostly 20p, 50p if I was lucky. It used to be enough to buy two packets of Meanies. Ah bless.

jesus_thats_gre

OfflerCrocGod wrote:

A punch in the face.

I used to punch myself in the face so I could put more teeth under my pillow

Lainey

i remember finding my brothers first tooth he lost in a little silver box and pretended it was mine and had fallen out.. i got the 50p for it.. i still haven't told the truth and my mother still bends our ears over the 'disappearing tooth'...

The_Conductor

Embee and Cork_Girl- different prices for different classes of teeth- what were your parents? Dentists?

Maybe I'm showing my age- I used get 10p/15p 20-25 years ago (it was actually a lot of money back then!- I'm 30 now).

That would buy a pack of Tayto, a Mr. Freeze and a pack of the fruity chalky (not the fizzy) Refreshers ( and no doubt hurry up the next visit from the Tooth Fairy).

You know, kids these days are so mercenary!

embee

smccarrick wrote:

That would buy a pack of Tayto, a Mr. Freeze and a pack of the fruity chalky (not the fizzy) Refreshers ( and no doubt hurry up the next visit from the Tooth Fairy).

God be with the days sweets were cheap. I remember every Friday, Daddy would come home and give us our pocket money (AN ENTIRE POUND) and we would race to the shops where we would buy loads of junk that all cost nice round figures.

Burger Bites 10p
Mint Crisp 10p
Macaroon 10p
Dan Bar 10p
Cadet Cola 25p
Fizzy Kola Lolly 5p
Mr Freeze 10p
Frosties 10p
Ten Penny Sweets 10p

steveland?

simu wrote:

I'm 24, used to get 20p back when 20p meant something... blah blah blah...

Yeh but back in my day you'd have to walk ten miles in the snow with no shoes to get to the sweet shops... blah blah blah...

Aava

I'm 19 and I used to get 50p or a pound.

I remember one time I had just lost my tooth before bedtime and proudly told my dad, then I placed my tooth under the bed and went to the bathroom and came back and the tooth fairy had already come and gone. :rolleyes:

The_Conductor

Aava wrote:

I'm 19 and I used to get 50p or a pound.

I remember one time I had just lost my tooth before bedtime and proudly told my dad, then I placed my tooth under the bed and went to the bathroom and came back and the tooth fairy had already come and gone. :rolleyes:

Thats efficiency for you! Lol