Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 March 1903 — Teeth Are Venerated. [ARTICLE]

Teeth Are Venerated.

Teeth of all kinds have been worshiped and are, In fact, venerated as relics In some religious shrines. Buddab’s tooth Is preserved In an Indian temple, the Cingalese worship the tooth of a monkey, while the dephant’a and shark’s tooth serve a similar purpose among the Malabar and Tonga Islanders respectively. The Siamese were formerly possessors of the tooth of a sacred monkey, which they valued very highly, but In a war with the Portuguese they lost the holy grinder and had to pay 18,500,000 to get It back again. It 1b now kept In a small gold box Inclosed In six other boxes

In one of the many temples of the Siamese capital.