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apl4eris
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USA
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 Posted - 08/31/2004 : 07:11:52
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Hare hare hare!
It's an old pagan, superstitious (redundant?) tradition. On the last day of the month, you say "rabbit rabbit rabbit!" to someone right before sleeping, as the last words spoken for the day. Then, first thing the next morning, you say "hare hare hare!" to someone as the first words spoken that day. It's supposed to bring you good luck for the month. I'm not sure if the other person's luck is made worse for it though, so I never do it.
Even the most practical among us have habits with slight tinges of superstition attached.
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
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Posted - 08/31/2004 : 07:21:25
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I still blow a kiss to more than one magpie I see. I don't believe it anymore, it's just become a habbit from childhood now.
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apl4eris
~ Abstract Brain ~
USA
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Posted - 08/31/2004 : 07:25:34
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| Do you know where that one came from, HPM? Do you do it if other people can see you? |
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mereubu
= FB QuizMistress =
USA
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Posted - 08/31/2004 : 08:19:40
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| I've never encountered your particular variant of the "rabbit" tradition before. In my family, we always say it first thing in the morning on the first day of each month for good luck. This meant that, as a child, I woke in the pre-dawn hours to find a hand clapped over my mouth and one of my parents whispering, "Say rabbit!!" Now my father just sends emails that say "RABBIT, DAMMIT!!" It has to be the first thing you say or you're screwed. I had a student once who said that her family says "foot" before they go to bed on the last day of the month and "rabbit" when they first wake up on the first. I'm not sure what that's all about--lucky rabbit's foot, maybe? Anyway, I'm glad to hear that someone else does this! |
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ramona
"FB Quote Mistress"
USA
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Posted - 08/31/2004 : 08:28:02
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I am with Mereubu as saying it on the first day of the month. It is not big in my family, but I think I inherited it from my best friend in high school. We always had to greet each other that way on the first day of the month or else we were screwed. Of course, high school sucked anyway so perhaps it didn't work...
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
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Posted - 08/31/2004 : 09:06:03
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My aunty told it me when I was young but it has been going for years I believe. I don't do a proper kiss if people can see me, I just touch my mouth. Daft really.
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pfeffa
= Cult of Ray =
Aruba
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Posted - 08/31/2004 : 09:13:55
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I'm going to start saying, "Badger Badger Badger"! That must be good luck, too. I love traditions and magic!
http://www.badgerbadgerbadger.com/ |
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 08/31/2004 : 09:36:20
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And Nathan and I can start saying, "Penguin, penguin, penguin"
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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
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Posted - 08/31/2004 : 10:01:11
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And Tre can say "Chinchilla, Chinchilla, Chinchilla"
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
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Posted - 08/31/2004 : 10:06:11
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And here was me thinking someone's made a mention of the classic that is 'Rabbit Rabbit' by Chas'n'Dave.
I'm so disappointed.
http://www.blogjam.com/rabbit/
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Posted - 08/31/2004 : 10:43:06
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blow kisses to magpies! devils birds, I salute the solitary magpie and say good morning mr magpie how's the mrs.. bringing the option of a second unseen magpie into the equation and trying to negate the evil bad luck. If I'm with a friend I point fevered like at the magpie and make them look saying seen by two it can't come true.
And before you ask I have no idea
Chinchilla chinchilla chinchilla
the room smelled like cupids gym
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Little Black Francis
> Teenager of the Year <
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Posted - 08/31/2004 : 16:03:19
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I always say that. My deceased Latin teacher makes me. =(
Floops quesedillas zijn te vergelijken met het likken van fatsige Albert's aars nadat hij een fles laxeermiddel heeft leeggedronkenhehehahhahehehaha |
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Little Black Francis
> Teenager of the Year <
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Posted - 09/28/2004 : 02:07:13
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hurry up October, I am running low on self-esteem and shit...
Floops quesedillas zijn te vergelijken met het likken van fatsige Albert's aars nadat hij een fles laxeermiddel heeft leeggedronken. |
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GypsyDeath
Zapped Profile
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Posted - 09/28/2004 : 03:56:22
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yEAH i ALWAYS SALUTE AND DO THE HOWS YOUR WIFE BLAH BLAH BLAH THING, BUT I DONT BLOW KISSES TO THEM. TWO MAG PIES IS GOOD LUCK.
God forbid I exude confidence and enjoy sex |
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soundofataris
= Cult of Ray =
USA
715 Posts |
Posted - 09/28/2004 : 08:03:41
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I was hoping this tread was about Jimmy Rabbitte. Deco was such an ass.
How's about we settle on making this about Rabbit Angstrom? No? Fine! Hare hare hare! |
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Domestiques
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
503 Posts |
Posted - 09/28/2004 : 22:34:57
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first day of the month we say white rabbits.
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Newo
~ Abstract Brain ~
Spain
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Posted - 09/29/2004 : 08:34:52
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I´m not superstitious, though my favourite related tale is years ago it was custom for Irish women at get-togethers to run outside and uproot a turnip from the plot and they would take the qualities of the root (i.e. short, long, hairy, dirty) as portents of the qualities of their future husbands. Also, in an interesting spin on wreath-catching, an dish called colcannon (consisting of potato, leek and cabbage - though kale would suffice too) would be prepared with a ring buried at the bottom which they´d all pig out at and the first to find it in their mouth (or oesophagus)...
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Jódete, tío,
Que se joda tu hermana,
Que se joda tu hermano,
Que se joda tu madre,
Que se joda tu tía,
¡Porque soy policia!
Que se jodas, currante,
Que se joda tu perro,
Que se joda tu hijo,
Que se joda tu amante,
No me pidas razónes,
Soy el Hombre ¡cojones! |
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TarTar
* Dog in the Sand *
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Posted - 09/29/2004 : 12:15:37
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I'll stick with Badger Badger Badger, a mushroom here and there, and an occasional snake.
Inna zany combination of Wayne's Pet Youngin'! |
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Posted - 09/29/2004 : 14:55:12
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well girls are supposed to peel apples then throw the peel over their shoulder and the letter it spells out is the initial of the man you're to marry.
There was another with twisting the apple stalk,
I used to hang out with pagans and hippies, I have a whole arsenal of these babys
I look like the kind of guy who pimps his sister not just for the money, but because he hates her
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
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Posted - 09/29/2004 : 15:00:04
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NO wonder I am destined to be single forever. What are the chances of it being an 'm' shape.
Help me! He keeps making me post!
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Posted - 09/29/2004 : 15:05:15
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well funny you should mention it....
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I look like the kind of guy who pimps his sister not just for the money, but because he hates her
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Daisy Girl
~ Abstract Brain ~
Belize
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Posted - 09/29/2004 : 17:52:14
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quote:
Originally posted by Homers_pet_monkey
NO wonder I am destined to be single forever. What are the chances of it being an 'm' shape.
Help me! He keeps making me post!
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GypsyDeath
Zapped Profile
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Posted - 09/30/2004 : 06:26:05
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what are the chancess of it being any shape?!?!
I have heard of the twisting thing, And the pips thing...and the same kind of thing on can things, to see who you are gonna marry.
Its all crap though, mine come out different every time i do it.
God forbid I exude confidence and enjoy sex |
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VoVat
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
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Posted - 10/03/2004 : 16:35:12
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Well, maybe you're destined to be a polygamist!
"Signature quotes are so lame." --Nathan |
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Rabbit rabbit rabbit!
