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White Rabbits, White Rabbits, White Rabbits!

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do you have any first day of the month sayings or superstitions??!
Ps...hope this hasn't been done before!
First day of every month I say..."Woooo hooo, I have money in my bank again!!!"
lol :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
I did white rabbits this morning too !!
Well its May Day. shouldnt we all be dancing round poles and shaking our body parts to induce fertility??
Quote by bluexxx
First day of every month I say..."Woooo hooo, I have money in my bank again!!!"
lol :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

cool Blue...you good for a loan right now ??!! redface surprisedops: :lol:
Quote by blonde
I did white rabbits this morning too !!

aye proper Yorkshire lass..and I bet it was of the sex toy variety! wink :wink:
lol :lol: :lol: :lol:
why white rabbits? confused
Quote by alspals
I did white rabbits this morning too !!

aye proper Yorkshire lass..and I bet it was of the sex toy variety! wink :wink:
lol :lol: :lol: :lol:
No Babe, I am from New Zealand........ lol
Quote by markz
why white rabbits? confused

God alone knows...but then again probably he doesn't..sure it's some pagan reference to a new month starting!!
Quote by blonde
I did white rabbits this morning too !!

aye proper Yorkshire lass..and I bet it was of the sex toy variety! wink :wink:
lol :lol: :lol: :lol:
No Babe, I am from New Zealand........ lol
DOH! :doh:
Quote by bluexxx
First day of every month I say..."Woooo hooo, I have money in my bank again!!!"
lol :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

by the 2nd its "ooohhhhhhhhhhhhh i have nothing in my bank again!!"
Quote by markz
why white rabbits? confused
dunno dunno probably summat to do with beltane or ostara,old pagan festivals at this time of year, but thats just a guess .
I don't have any but my kids have learnt the old "pinch punch 1st of the month" I now have two very sore arms after the repetitive pinching and punching of 4 not so angelic kids! :cry: mad
Steph,
How long did it take you to type that????
Steph,
Babe, I have no idea what u r talking about but it sounds very clever to me !!
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why white rabbits? confused

This is from a book by Jake Gardner called "Modern Man, Churl, Villain, or Jester
(I was still puzzled when I read it)
In Europe, through the Middle Ages until about Shakespeare's time, the economies of most countries, including especially those where the inhabitants were the ancestors of the English-speaking peoples, were continuing to emerge from the hunter-gatherer traditions that had marked the end of the Stone Age into the modern versions of these traditions that we see today. As hunters, men needed meat, as well as animal furs to protect them from the harsh winters of Northern Europe. The rabbit was sometimes useful for both purposes, but because the rabbit was viewed as a predator on the very fields that man himself was learning how to cultivate, the elimination of rabbits became a desirable purpose for man the farmer/hunter. In this case, man the hunter was generally man the trapper, and since rabbits were not his only prey, he soon noticed that the taking of a rabbit in a trap was usually a precursor to the taking of other small animals, such as foxes and badgers, that might use the same game trail. Cf. Shakespeare:
‘Tis not but a mere rabbit,
For where runs the rabbit,
There 'tis the habit Of running the fox.
-- All's Well That Ends Well, IV, iii, -21.
Therefore, the rabbit was viewed as a sign of good luck to come; and the rabbit's foot, the part of the animal that was caught in the trap, came to seem especially lucky.
Many of these people were still influenced by fairly simple religions, like that of the Druids in Great Britain. For the priests or medicine men of these faiths, the monthly cycle of the moon usually assumed great importance; so any farmers or hunters who wanted to try to assure good luck in the coming cycle would repeat talismanic oaths in the way taught to them by their religious leaders. Therefore, on the first of the month, anyone wishing to pray to his or her primitive gods for good luck during the month ahead might repeat a simple charm, such as "Rabbit, rabbit, rabbit"; or "lucky rabbit, lucky rabbit;" or--because of the association of the color white with the sun and with virtue--"white rabbit, white rabbit, white rabbit." An interesting variant, which in our own time has given a title to novel by John Updike, came from people who for their own reasons could understand the plight of the trapper's prey: "Run, rabbit, run."
Even today, people cling to these superstitions; and an elder of the Fudd family, of the Beverly Hills west of Lincolnshire, who claims to be himself a warlock and one of the last surviving Druids, admits that it matters little which incantation one uses, since anything that anyone feels brings good luck is clearly a worthwhile habit so long as the luck continues.
This aging gentleman, known to his descendants as Grandfather Elmer, takes note that in his lifetime; the incantation "White rabbit, white rabbit, white rabbit" has been abbreviated to, "Wabbit, wabbit, wabbit."

Does it make sense to anyone else wink
..thanx Steph, you've solved a 40 year mystery for me! :P :P
For a minute there, from the title, though someone had been listening to Jefferson Airplane again.... lol
ps. love that song biggrin
Quote by blonde
I did white rabbits this morning too !!

when i wake up my mind is not focused enough to think about white rabbits!!!
Jiggle
Quote by GenHertsCpl
For a minute there, from the title, though someone had been listening to Jefferson Airplane again.... lol
ps. love that song biggrin

Grace Slick at her best.
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For a minute there, from the title, though someone had been listening to Jefferson Airplane again.... lol
ps. love that song biggrin

Grace Slick at her best.
Agreed, one of the very best songs and performances of all time - what a build-up!
yep...just Go asK Alice !
When my little boy jumped on me a this morning to remind me it was his birthday today, the last thing i felt like saying was white rabbits!
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My favourite May saying is a very old one and it goes Hurray hurray the first of May out door sex begins today!
haven't heard that one but beats the white rabbits
Dunno about white rabbits dunno but Mr novice has got got me EVERY month for the last 29 years with, pinch and a punch. poke
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Well its May Day. shouldnt we all be dancing round poles and shaking our body parts to induce fertility??

Who needs to induce it.............. ?