tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6143246399058466248.post111482488407565725..comments2023-06-17T00:35:01.261-07:00Comments on Espirit de Brigitte: Bunny Bunny Bunny BlissBridgethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17064616370181183885noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6143246399058466248.post-37320832572112768672013-10-02T18:58:08.749-07:002013-10-02T18:58:08.749-07:00This tradition was from my mother's family. It...This tradition was from my mother's family. It was supposed to be the first thing you said on the first of each month for good luck that month. That would make it an individual challenge that everyone in the family could "win" on.<br /><br />Pat and I were more competitive than that and always tried to beat the other, so Bridget was brought up to say it before anyone else. I think it is fun that her kids are becoming as devious as she is in trying to be first. Graeden just needs to learn that he has to wake someone up if he wants to assure himself of being first. What helps me is I only have to remember for a few hours after I do the last of my home teacvhing (just kidding, bishopo).<br /><br />WikiPedia talks about it in the form of Rabbits: <br />"Rabbit rabbit rabbit" is one variant of a common British superstition which states that a person should say or repeat the word "rabbit" or "rabbits", or say the phrase "white rabbits", or some combination of these elements, out loud upon waking (or first moment) on the first day of the month, because doing so will ensure good luck for the duration of that month. Today, it is a frequent tradition in many English-speaking countries.<br /><br />There is more. Look it up.<br /><br />And Bridget, pointing out the window so you could steal something from someone else's plate, our more often, to put something onto my plate was your trick (and your siblings) as you grew up. I got the nickname "garbage dad" because of it. I never wanted to throw anything away. People were starving in China, as you know.<br /><br />My sister, who is three years older than me was told that people were starving in Armenia. When my sister, Gay, met a girl from Armenia in Europe, she accused, "So it's your fault I had to eat all my dinner! You and the other starving Armenians." The poor girl (after such an assault) said apologetically, "We were never starving!"John and Pat Fawcetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14100424069333843494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6143246399058466248.post-73274490705237100762013-10-02T00:43:04.294-07:002013-10-02T00:43:04.294-07:00What? You won't add bunnies to your gerbil col...What? You won't add bunnies to your gerbil collection?Athena125https://www.blogger.com/profile/16561084298543410365noreply@blogger.com