http://www.metafilter.com/tags/Rabbit_rabbit Posts tagged with 'Rabbit_rabbit' at MetaFilter. Tue, 01 Aug 2006 08:36:33 -0800 Tue, 01 Aug 2006 08:36:33 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/53461/Rabbit%2Drabbit Today is the first day of the month of August!<br><br>Did you remember to say "<a href="http://www.harrumph.com/010731.html">Rabbit, Rabbit</a>" (or, "<a href="http://dendritics.com/scales/one-rabbit.asp">White Rabbit</a>") upon waking this morning in order to insure yourself good luck for the remainder of the month? There are <a href="http://dendritics.com/scales/alice.asp">competing theories </a>as to the origin of this superstition. It was a commonly held superstition <a href="http://experts.about.com/q/Urban-Legends-3056/Old-Wives-Tales.htm">in the 1920's in the United Kingdom</a>. <a href="http://www.dendritics.com/scales/white-rabbits.asp">Many</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit_rabbit#Variations"> variations </a>of the custom exist. tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.53461 Tue, 01 Aug 2006 08:36:33 -0800 custom firstday Rabbit Rabbit_rabbit superstition WhiteRabbit ericb