[Fictionary] pink tooth results

[eLLioTT morEton]

Hi,

About these two amazing definitions:

> pink tooth of mummery, n. Pejorative phrase used in Restoration
>     England to describe a supposed Catholic conspiracy to gain
>     influence in Parliament.  "Pink tooth" was an idiom used to
>     describe a child's first tooth, and Catholics were seen as
>     just beginning to have enough "bite" to be dangerous.
>
>     4 points (2 David 2 Judith)
>     by: Jacob

> pink tooth of mummery, n. Low-Protestant term of abuse for the
>     Church of England; the Catholic Church was "mummery," and
>     the Anglican Church an infant version--"pink tooth"--of the
>     Catholic.  Largely archaic, although still in patchy use in
>     Northern Ireland.
>
>     1 point (Jim)
>     by: David

I have to ask, is there some historical or literary pink-related, 
tooth-related, or mummery-related thing that yall are both alluding to? 
Or is this just another astounding fictionary coincidence, like when 
Hutch's word ``eruke'' turned out to also have a genuine yurt-related 
meaning, or when Fran caused a tie by voting for Ralph Nader, rather than 
a def, in November/December 2000?

em