Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for December 01, 2024

Sounds like something my MIL would say. In the family it was called “Fiction and Fact from Grandma’s Almanac”

That time of the month again

My Grandma told me this when I was a kid.

I’ve never heard of this. Can I remember it for a month?

It’s still Nov for another hour here. When I wake up in the morning, I won’t remember to say it.

Do groans (that I gotta get up..) count?

Aren’t superstitions associated with old women?

I thought maybe he’d be launching into a Chas & Dave song – chorus is “Rabbit, rabbit, rabbit, rabbit” repeated a few times

The version I grew up with was that “rabbit” was to be said when you wake up on the first day each month, not once the clock strikes midnight. Then, upon waking on the last day of the month, you must say “rabbit” 7 times in a row.

I said it and my cat looked at me like I’m stupid.

I wish I had known this years ago. Alas, I’ll never have good luck because the first words out of my mouth EVERY morning are “OW, OW, OW!”

It’s just ‘rabbits’ where I come from. The lapine theme seems to be very common around the English-speaking world; it’s just the details that vary from place to place.

Why do I keep hearing Elmer Fudd in my head?

Is everyone scrambling to google this?

White Rabbits

When you believe in things that you don’t understand, superstition ain’t the way.

My first words today were “Dogs outside.” Same as every morning.

And we all looked it up.

Stubbed my toe just after getting outta bed this morning….rabbit rabbit wasn’t the first words out of my mouth.

Arlo should have learned that MANY years ago before he got old, like me.

I’m 73 and I’ve never heard this before

There is also the superstition that if you say “Bunny Bunny” as the last thing you say at the end of the month. I think it means you had good luck during the last month, but didn’t realize it…

Why not “Rabbit Season! Duck Season!”?

Happy New Month!

I’ve heard you’re supposed to say it 3 times

Happy first Sunday of Advent!

“Rabbit, rabbit.” Right.

But have you ever TRIED it?

There is a tween book mystery series, Trixie Belden, that mentions this in one of the books.

In the 1500’s people believed bathing caused a pre-mature death. Perfume companies approved the notion.

My high school French teacher taught us this in 1975, and a traveling companion on a Kenyan photo safari in 1996 taught us that if you forgot to say rabbit, rabbit, then you could reinstate your luck by taking the first set of stairs that you encounter on the first day of the month backwards. I now live in a house with no stairs, anywhere, neither indoors nor out, so I have become pretty “rememberful” about saying it in my dotage.

Oooooo, that waskally wabbit……

A tradition in my family for as long as i can remember. Usually in group texts since we’re scattered across the country…

My first words are always “Are you hungry” as the cats rush the food bowls.

Never heard that superstition.

I do that! When I remember, of course… :-)

Chick McGee always repeats 3 rabbits.

Hop to it!

Crawl back into bed, Arlo and see if your hypothesis on luck holds true!

Well now that they are both awake, they can both get lucky.

I learned this from my friend’s Dad. Though I remember we had to say “rabbit, rabbit, rabbit” and it just had to be said on the first of each month – not the first thing uttered for the day.

I passed it on to my daughter and now to the grandchildren.

Is that a mnemonic to help remember to flip the page on paper calendars?

My ex’s family did this, although I remember it just being one “rabbit”, not two. I never understood where the heck it came from, but accepted it and much of the time did it myself. Eventually, however, I changed it to “Dachshund”.

Too bad Arlo didn’t explain this before Janis had to ask …

And here I thought he was hungry.

Never heard of it.May be why I rarely have good luck.

I’ll save mine for New Years!

Candle Jack

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

Candyman Candyman Candyman Candyman Candyman

Okay, I’m done.

What culture did that come from?

Timing is everything.

I first heard of it only a couple of years ago. Rabbit is very unlikely to be the first word out of my mouth when I wake up in the morning