The Last White Rabbits (91)

That is, the last one until September.

 Our family tradition is to say ‘White Rabbits,’ only on the first day of a month with an R, however, I am finding out that other people say it the first day of any month.  Some folks say ‘Rabbit, rabbit, rabbit.’  I am not sure if saying it three times brings more luck than saying it just once.  I haven’t tried it myself.

Does saying ‘White Rabbits’ bring good fortune or keep one from having bad fortune?  Well, from my personal life, I would say yes, certainly yes, it does.  I have always felt so lucky I haven’t felt a need ever to actually carry a rabbit’s foot with me, or a lucky shamrock, or lucky penny, or any other lucky talisman.  And, now that I know that some people say ‘White Rabbits’ the last day of a month, then say ‘Hare’ on the first day of a month, I am not inclined to change my routine.  Plus, it seems like having a summer vacation to not have to say ‘White Rabbits’ on the first day of months with no R.  Having four months off is kind of the gift you get for saying it the other eight months.  It does get to be a pain to always remember.

I was interested to see some folks add a ‘Brown Rabbits’ or ‘Black Rabbits’ at the end of the first day of every month. That must be the part that keeps away bad luck but no one is quite clear on it. And then there is saying ‘Brown Rabbit’ at the end of the day while walking backwards down a flight of stairs. Now, that one is pretty scary. If you can do that and not fall, well, I would say you are pretty lucky.

I haven’t ever mentioned the horse shoe over the door to my house, have I? That one is another of my Mom’s doing. In fact, I now have her lucky horse shoe. My only fear is that it will fall off just as I am entering the house and that will be the end of me.

It won’t happen in a month with an R in it though. I’ve got that one covered.

(FYI: The Webster Dictionary includes this description of superstition:
“a belief or practice resulting from ignorance, fear of the unknown, trust in magic or chance, or a false conception of causation.” I like the sound of false conception of causation. That could also cover most of our political conversations/rants as well as our chatter about why our diet didn’t quite work.)