Superstition?... Why people say “Rabbit Rabbit” on the 1st day of every month
Today is the first day of the
month. Have you ever wondered why people shout Rabbits Rabbits on this day?
Many people mostly in England are
so addicted and tied to the word Rabbit on the first day of every month. It is
believed that failure to say Rabbit as the first word in the morning of every
new month will result in bad luck for that month. This tradition or should I say
superstition has been passed down from grandparents to grandchildren and from
grand children to grand-grandchildren and so on.
According an article on Wikipedia,
"Rabbit rabbit" is one of the variant of a common British superstition which
state that a person should say or repeat the word “rabbit” or “rabbits”, or “white
rabbits”, or some combination of these elements, out loud upon waking on the
first day of the month, because doing so will ensure good luck for the duration
of that month.
Children, neighbors, grandmas,
aunties & parents in Europe are in the
habit of saying “Rabbits” on the first day of each month. The word must be
spoken aloud, and be the first word said in the month. It brings luck for that
month.
Today it has spread to many
English-speaking countries and in the United States. This is closely associated
with the believe that rabbits bring good luck and fertility, because of their
prolific nature and for some far fetch reasons. Some have also believed it
represents jumping into the future and moving ahead with life and happiness.
The superstition was further popularized
by US cable channel Nickelodeon. According to Wikipedia, Nickelodeon would
promote the last day of each month as “Rabbit rabbit day” and to remind kids to
say it the next day. This was however stopped some years later.
Origins and history, variants,
comments and notes on why people say “Rabbits rabbits”.
The exact origin of the
superstition is unknown, though it has appeared in print at least as early as
1922. However, some reports place its origins even earlier, into the 1800s.
