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If you listened to a job interview, what would the use of function words tell you? But hypothetically, if I were to listen to an interview, I might consider how the candidate talks about their coworkers at their last job. That gives you a sense of their relationship to the group.
I did it using my own speech and was really surprised. I used the software on everything I wrote—even e-mails. I also developed a recorder that people could wear. It would turn on for 30 seconds every 12 minutes to capture bits of everyday speech. I wore it myself. When I analyzed my speech, it struck me how differently I spoke to my son, who was then 12 years old.
With my daughter and my wife, my language was much more informal and personal. With my son it was more cool and detached. This was during a period of some tension in our relationship. Thanks for researching on this charming English tradition. As far as I know, it was supposed to bring money, rather than general good luck. My husband never actually believed in it, neither did I, but we still said it on the first of every month, and I still do now, 6 years after his death.
As kids of course we did too. I called her today to ask if she said it and she did not because last month she had bad luck! Her friends thinks she nuts! They will all be receiving a copy. Thank you for writing this and researching the origin. Years ago I read an article about this in Smithsonian Magazine, and really felt validified!
Have a lucky month! I guess the joke was on me. My Mom was British and we had lots of bunnies! Beatrix Potter books were my favorite stories.???????????????? Very fascinating to read her books and have her tell us how her career even got off the launch pad.
I admire her talent and courage. My neighbor says it also. Think about how rabbits multiply. They are a harbinger of Spring because of this symbolism of multiplying what we have, a new season of abundance after a season of slumber. Happy December 1st — rabbit Rabbit.
I find it interesting that most comments come from the first or second of the month — I assume people saying rabbit googling why they say it. I was out for a run with a fellow graduate student at the University of Michigan back in the late s. She was delighted — her family said the same thing. We were unrelated — she from the Midwest and me from the Mid-Atlantic states east coast. So my wife and I started this tradition just for fun. I grew up saying Rabbit Rabbit on the first of each month as a child.
My dad told me that it brings good luck to those that say. Robin said as soon as you wake up and touch the floor you say it.
I heard you say it anytime. So, I wish everyone on the first a Rabbit Rabbit day, and hope they say it. Hey, we all need some good luck in our lives, I know I do. I use to raise rabbits to eat and also sale at one time. I think most of them are beautiful and make great pets. I got on line today and for some unknown reason and googled the word rabbit.
I saw this article and it brought back something a lady told me back in I was a deputy sheriff and was at a ladies home working a natural death case on her husband. She made a comment that he would always wake up first and say to her rabitt rabitt. Now after 15 years i know. I think i will try to remember to say rabitt rabitt on the first day of each month from now on. Thanks for this info.
One person commented on it coming from the Celts which would mesh with my Irish background. A classmate indicated that her mid-western farm family had this tradition. Ever since I have passed it along and love the ritual for myself. Tomorrow is the first of June…….. Rabbit Rabbit. Of course, I assumed it was a Southern thing. I first heard of this in 4th grade back in Being from the South she had never heard of this.
Since she was my favorite teacher I try to remember this on the first of each month and do it. It is supposed to bring good luck and it brings back wonderful memories of a truly great teacher and lady. With First of May an especially important time to say it.
I suspect it could well go back as far as the pre-Roman Celtic tribes for whom Hares were an important symbol. For sure Witches, Wiccans and the like seem to derive much of their outlook from old Celtic and maybe pre-Celtic traditions so its maybe germane that they often take Hares to be an important symbol? It has to be the first word spoken out loud upon waking up on the 1st of each month, and like many of you — into thin air!
Mum claims this is not to avoid bad luck, but to bring good luck.. RA pleasure to have found you all! I first heard of rabbit rabbit in a book as a child. In the book, Trixie had to say it on the last night of the month before going to sleep and again in the morning.
I tried it a few times but always forgot. This may have been something my friends and I concocted in high school; maybe a combination of traditions. We say Rabbit Rabbit on the first day of the month here on Cape Cod. The traditional response is Hare Hare. Does anyone else know of this tradition? I was taught this by my Mother and have tried for 60 years to remember the 1st of every month, I like the challenge to remember! Our next door neighbor is the one that introduced us to Rabbit Rabbit when I was a child.
Being New Years.. I said it right after midnight and again before I crept out of bed — 9 degrees outside this morning. Plus I am superstitious. It is almost impossible to remember. I love the Rabbit, Rabbit tradition. My family has always done this. I first learned of the tradition from a teacher in high school, but it seemed to relate especially to March first.
March hare, maybe? I wonder if anyone else has done that. Nobody in our family knows how it originated. Wow- I have never heard of any other family buttering noses besides my own. My brother and I always enjoyed being able to do this to each other. If you are going to butter my nose on my birthday, please first turn it into buttercream icing and add a few sprinkles, after all it is my birthday. If you make a full recipe, you can ice my cake with the rest of the recipe. Lewis Carroll must have been aware of these traditions.
Good Morning America. I live in Warwick England and out of curiosity turned to the internet to see what, if any, was the explanation for the first of the month rabbit thing. It is clearly an English superstition but the reasoning is still unclear. Anyway, my web search took me to your site i.
New England Today. I just loved the comments and I sense a mindset, outlook etc. All I can say is that old England and New England share a common background that might be a teensy bit old fashioned but overall the world is a better place for us being there.
So back to my American speak — Have a Nice Day. Peter, I liked your comments. I am a native New Englander, though by choice of work that led me away; and meeting my husband who is a mid-southerner, alas, do not live there now. We are fine! But I have always had a strong attachment to New England and have always felt the connection to England, too.
Strange, since we fought to get away and be on our own!! But the customs were so ingrained in the Colonists, they just stuck with us. We did not say Rabbit, Rabbit however, and I only learned of it in the last few years. I may or may not say it, if I remember, but only for fun.
Good day to you! A good friend and I still sare this each month, and I treasure it! Yes, Connecticut. She was from a Sussex country family so I always imagined it was an ancient peasant superstition.
My husband is starting to catch on now too and we are definitely going to teach our little girl who is currently 1 year old , to carry on this tradition. My gran has passed on now and it always makes me think of her and smile, first thing in the morning on the 1st.
Well I read all of those comments, and nobody gave you the right answer. Actually it just might become a tradition now. The name of the crater translates to Sea of Moscow, and for good reason, you know how Easter is very important to the Russians. Find a clear image of this crater on Google images, and take a good look at it, you will see your rabbit, inside of the egg.
So how did the Russians know it was there in the century? Yes it will be reverse from how they would have seen it on the moon. That is why you say rabbit rabbit, or white rabbit, and that is the honest to god truth.
Wait until March, then keep checking the weather satellite. Typhoon Usagi was a Mare Moscoviense weather pattern, and so was super storm Sandy. Mom also said we should be running around our bed three times, but that was given up because the beds were too heavy to move away from the wall. I think the feeling was more for good luck for the month, rather than avoiding bad luck.
Thanks for the article! I first learned of it from my ninth grade algebra teacher in Falls Village, CT but I did not know why he said it. Through two years of algebra he never missed it. He was of English and Scottish extraction — Duncan Denny — a person of whom I have many fond memories.
Never knew the origin, but Mom was a born and bred New Englander, so I assume her parents taught her the tradition! I remember doing this as a child in the sixties and my mom would leave a note on the mirror in the hallway and it said rabbit rabbit rabbit and we had to say that the first day every month when you first woke up before you said anything else! As his health deteriorated, he asked for someone in the family to take over this responsibility. My brother who lives in Texas became the new correspondent.
After a couple of years, he was ready to retire from this job. He asked for a volunteer and my son has been sending the message ever since. He is the third generation in our family to carry on the tradition. By and large, we have had good luck knock wood. Being a Midwesterner by birth, I had never heard of this tradition. However, being of superstitious English and, particularly, Bohemian stock, I never take a chance on bringing myself bad luck…..
What a delightful article and charming responses. Thank you for your charming publication! She passed away last year, but we keep up the tradition to honor our British heritage!
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