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What did you do as a kid when you lost a tooth?

I always knew the idea of a tooth fairy wasn't a worldwide phenomenon because I was raised with two different cultural ideas.

The first was the idea of a tooth fairy. Y'know. The standard way to rinse your parents of their money💷💰

The second was something my mum did as a kid. The act of throwing your tooth up on the roof and making a wish which I think is common in several Asian countries. The idea was that a bird would come collect it and gift you with stronger teeth.

When I realised the second one was a scam I marched up to my mum and told her I was going back to the tooth fairy.

The fairy and I were tight for years until I turned 8. I still remember running down the stairs at 8 like "why is there no money under my pillow?" I already knew the tooth fairy was a lie but I wanted my shmoney, honey. If we're gonna lie in this family, we're doing it properly.

My dad broke the news and told me the tooth fairy had died. That's why he's gonna be the first one in the care home.

Anyway, then I had no choice but to go back to the roof and apologise to the birds for making them redundant.
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Lol you were an interesting kid 😅

In Egypt my mom told me to throw it for the sun and say this "take the tooth of the buffalo and give me the tooth of the doll" 😂. It rhymes in Arabic. I didn't really ask questions but I did do that for a couple of years I believe. I have no idea if other Egyptians do that or not. My guess is that it's from some sort of an old cartoon.

Edit: I made some research and turns out it's lyrics from a 1981 kids song. It didn't say buffalo though it said something that's like another kind of dools. A squeaky toy according to how I use the word.
@PiecingBabyFaceTogether that's cute, what's the actual saying in Arabic?
@HijabaDabbaDoo @HijabaDabbaDoo
Just like I said it "sunny sun take the tooth of the buffalo and give me the tooth of the doll" lol they destroyed the song.

In the song it goes like "sunny sun take the tooth of the nanoosa and give her a new tooth so she eats with it basboosa"

I just learned that nanoos or nanoosa means too beautiful، originally two Coptic words smooshed together . But for me it means a small squeaky teddy. Again I blame my mom for that.
@PiecingBabyFaceTogether noo, I wanna know the actual Arabic words so I can sing it to the Egyptian kid that visits us. Not the translation. Nanoosa and basboosa are fun words
@HijabaDabbaDoo Oh got it lol

يا شمس يا شموسة خدى سنة الجاموسة و هاتى سنة العروسة
Ya shams ya shamoosa khody senet el gamoosa w haty senet el aroosa


يا شمس يا شموسة خدى سنة الننوسة و اديها سنة جديدة تاكل بيها البسبوسة
Ya shams ya shamoosa khody snet el nanoosa w edeha sena gdeda takol beha el basboosa