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White Rabbits<\/h2>\n
Once again, no agreed upon origin, but it is believed to come from another tradition that requires one to chant \u201cRabbits, rabbits, rabbits\u201d or some variation therein, upon waking on the first of the month. Seemingly this was for ensuring good luck for the entire month, or to grant you wishes or, in some cases, guarantee you get a gift during the month.<\/p>\n
White rabbits has changed meaning over time, and may mean something different depending on where you live.\u00a0 In some places it still has to do with good luck, say it upon waking or before a specific time of the morning and ensure good luck (or a gift).\u00a0 In other families and places though it seems to be a competition of some sort \u2013 when you first see a person on the first of the month, whoever says it first will have good luck, the other doesn\u2019t seem to get bad luck from what\u00a0 I can tell, but perhaps they just have normal luck.<\/p>\n
Rabbits for the most part do have some history for being seen as lucky \u2013 though more lucky for us than for them, given their loss of feet for our good fortune.\u00a0 But how does one get from \u201cRabbits\u201d generic, to the more specific \u201cWhite rabbits\u201d?<\/p>\n
Of course we all know white is the best colour.\u00a0 It is the colour of goodness and purity and light and the divine.\u00a0 Or something.\u00a0 So if a generic rabbit is lucky, then how lucky must a snowy white bunny be?\u00a0 Gods sent I suppose.<\/p>\n For myself and many others white rabbits has nothing to do with luck, but with immunity.\u00a0 Say it to someone and they can no longer attempt to banish you with the pinching and the punching.\u00a0 If you pinch and punch someone, you are best to follow to it up with \u201cwhite rabbits, no returns\u201d to ensure immunity from anyone else listening in, and to make sure your victim cannot follow it up by giving the, \u201cHit and a kick for being so quick!\u201d\u00a0 This little return bit has several variations as well, and even has much longer variations, including pokes in the eye and tacks in the back!\u00a0 But I don\u2019t know, as a witch being banished, wouldn\u2019t toading be more appropriate?<\/p>\n A swish of the wand, a flick of the broom, now you\u2019re a toad and make all the girls swoon. \u00a0<\/em>I like that one better.<\/p>\n Of course it should be noted that rabbits have not always been seen as good luck \u2013 there is lore that speaks of them being just the opposite.\u00a0 But I suppose that lore was not much in circulation when \u201cRabbits Rabbits Rabbits\u201d first began.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The conclusion here is simple. \u00a0No one knows the actual origins of this fun little tradition, but what does it matter when there are such fun theories?<\/p>\n Go\u00a0pinch and punch someone, gently, and wax eloquent about white bunnies. \u00a0Or, if you\u2019re less inclined to violence \u2013 throw a pinch of salt at them and air punch them, again waxing eloquent about white bunnies. \u00a0Or, simply pat a bunny rabbit. \u00a0It can\u2019t hurt (unless you get pinched and punched anyway), and you may just get some good luck.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Further Reading<\/strong><\/p>\n Why do we say white rabbits?<\/a> “A pinch and a punch for the first day of the month. White rabbits, no return!”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2764,"featured_media":463,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,71],"tags":[45,34,99,100,95,60],"class_list":["post-462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","category-lore-myth","tag-folklore","tag-history","tag-lore","tag-superstition","tag-tradition","tag-witch"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"Frosty](\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/690\/2016\/07\/2015-10-30-18.46.36.jpg\")
Conclusion<\/h2>\n
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\nRabbits, Rabbits, Rabbits<\/a>
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