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Thread #94070 Message #3355525
Posted By: Carole Bannister
25-May-12 - 11:52 AM
Thread Name: Folklore: Silver coin for the baby
Subject: RE: Folklore: Silver coin for the baby
Not sure but would it be to stop the fairy folk stealing the baby? They were always swapping their babies for human ones which were then called changlings so perhaps it was meant for the fairys. Bit like the tooth fairy in reverse?