tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post2843215395060616139..comments2024-03-28T23:22:41.774-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): "Rabbit, rabbit, rabbit"Minnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-3124764582286453102021-07-06T14:06:05.111-05:002021-07-06T14:06:05.111-05:00Very interesting, thank you!Very interesting, thank you!Jeffohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06989946392105339862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-36647792043500052022021-07-05T20:43:06.710-05:002021-07-05T20:43:06.710-05:00Jeffo, read this:
http://folklore.usc.edu/i-hate-...Jeffo, read this:<br /><br />http://folklore.usc.edu/i-hate-white-rabbits/Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-40924355199500003902021-07-05T18:29:40.161-05:002021-07-05T18:29:40.161-05:00I'd never heard of this tradition before now, ...I'd never heard of this tradition before now, but it must be related to the Vermont childhood superstition that intoning "White Rabbit!" will clear campfire smoke from your eyes.Jeffohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06989946392105339862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-18308212520975502882021-07-02T11:34:06.103-05:002021-07-02T11:34:06.103-05:00When I was a child (1980s, UK), you were only supp...When I was a child (1980s, UK), you were only supposed to say "rabbits" or "white rabbits" in this way if the month had an R in it.aliphilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04953460417699823826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-81176297422097728912021-07-02T10:09:45.668-05:002021-07-02T10:09:45.668-05:00Yes - too busy enjoying the sixties to take time o...Yes - too busy enjoying the sixties to take time off to imprint those times on our neurons.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-46387128767075450122021-07-01T23:11:18.014-05:002021-07-01T23:11:18.014-05:00I'm glad I'm not the only one who does thi...I'm glad I'm not the only one who does this, and glad that I'm in good company!<br /><br />I learned it from watching Nickelodeon as a kid in the early 90s. During commercial breaks, they would run a spot on whatever day it was - National Pizza Day, Pi Day, Rabbit Rabbit Day.<br /><br />So I grew up saying, 'Rabbit, rabbit.' No one I know has ever mentioned doing something similar!Amyhttp://a.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-36544720631759235062021-07-01T22:41:31.041-05:002021-07-01T22:41:31.041-05:00Relevant enough - and impressive enough - to add t...Relevant enough - and impressive enough - to add to the post. Tx.Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-40491144831741168952021-07-01T22:22:17.829-05:002021-07-01T22:22:17.829-05:00This is kind of a tangent but if you haven't h...This is kind of a tangent but if you haven't heard Grace Slicks vocals on this isolated you should. Goose Bumps.<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyMtIwobqbIxoxoxoBrucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04512934465987061068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-62588243906529488242021-07-01T21:22:14.703-05:002021-07-01T21:22:14.703-05:00I've never heard of that, but my family puts a...I've never heard of that, but my family puts a dollar bill under our plates of gnocchi every 29th of the month to ensure money in the new month, which is just as random and superstitious. Here I found a nice description.... (Hubby is Brazilian-Italian)<br />http://tropicaldaydreams.blogspot.com/2012/07/gnocchi-day.html?m=1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com