One of the most fun jobs I’ve had was back when I was 20-ish. On a whim {and an ad in the paper}I had interviewed with a nanny agency, which led to gaining an agent and interviewing with a family {the only family, in fact}. I soon was hired and babysitting two young children.
Needless to say, I watched a lot of Nickelodeon back then. There’s a little tradition I gleaned from all those hours of watching Nick Jr; something I overheard while doing dishes or cleaning up after Nick & Rachel, undoubtably.
On the first day of every month the first words out of my mouth are the words “Rabbit, rabbit.” Usually I remember while showering. According to whatever show we were watching at the time {or maybe it was Face}, repeating those words first thing would bring the speaker luck for the remainder of the month.
It’s something I do almost every month. I’ve never questioned the origin of the tradition or even it’s validity. It was just a silly saying on some silly cartoon and something fun to do on the first day of every new month. I never questioned it until I brought it up with Thom in passing earlier tonight {to which he responded by looking at me as if I had grown another head}. It’s then that I thought to Google it to see if it was a true “thing.” Turns out, it is. Who would have thought?
{according to Wikipedia}
*It is a common British superstition
*a person should say “rabbit, rabbit, white rabbit” or other variations, such as: “rabbit, rabbit,” “white rabbits” and shall receive good luck for the remainder of the month.
*saying “rabbit, rabbit” to someone else will steal their luck for the month {evil, I say!}
*the earliest know version appeared around 1922:
“Why,” the man in the brown hat laughed at him, “I thought everybody knew ’Rabbit, rabbit, rabbit.’ If you say ‘Rabbit, rabbit, rabbit’—three times, just like that—first thing in the morning on the first of the month, even before you say your prayers, you’ll get a present before the end of the month.”
*may be related to the superstition of carrying a rabbit’s foot for good luck
And, although I can not definitively say that these two little words have brought me luck any perceivable luck, who’s to say that they haven’t?
