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It’s a new year! If you’re like me, when the clock struck midnight, the first thing you said was ‘rabbit, rabbit.’
I have no idea where this tradition came from, but I’ve been doing it since I was a child.
Saying ‘rabbit, rabbit’ at the start of a new month or a new year ensures good luck will come your way.
Yesterday, I had a little luck with my New Year’s etegami. Must have been from last year’s ‘rabbit, rabbit.’ ;)
Here’s the etegami that challenged me. 2012 is the year of the dragon and I struggled with this guy. He turned out OK, but it took me a few tries.
Happy New Year!
These are great. I spent yesterday printing out financial stuff. Hoping to get to some etegami, or at least Christmas Cards, today.
Four friends and I always say Rabbit Rabbit. No one really knows the origin, except it does seem to come from Britain. Yes, I remembered just after midnight. We are considering adding a Dragon Dragon for this year, just to be on the safe side.
Wishing you all the best in this new year.
Rachel, a ‘Dragon, Dragon’ would have been so appropriate this morning!
Happy New Year to you too!
I’ve been saying “Rabbit, Rabbit” since my 6th grade teacher introduced the idea. I love to run into others who do the same!
This is the first time I’ve heard of it. Hmm. Think it could be a regional thing?
Don’t know why I didn’t do the research first. Sorry. :) Wiki says this: “Rabbit rabbit” is a common British superstition. The most common modern version states that a person should say “rabbit, rabbit, white rabbit”, “rabbit, rabbit, rabbit”, “rabbits, rabbits, rabbits”,[1] “rabbit, rabbit” or simply “white rabbits” upon waking on the first day of each new month, and on doing so will receive good luck for the duration of that month. In the United States, the tradition is especially common in Nantucket, Cape Cod, other towns within Massachusetts, and throughout Vermont, notably in Middlebury and Chester.
LOL! Now I wonder why the Brits started it?