Sunday 1st September 2019...Rabbits..Rabbits...Rabbits!!

Why I say it every month morning!!!

1. The earliest written reference to “rabbit, rabbit” is from the early 1900s. While the exact origins of the phrase are unknown, the 1909 edition of the scholarly journal Notes and Queries mentions it: “My two daughters are in the habit of saying ‘Rabbits!’ on the first day of each month. The word must be spoken aloud, and be the first word said in the month. It brings luck for that month. Other children, I find, use the same formula.” The entry goes on to say that the girls thought it would mean they’d get a gift by the end of the month.

2. The phrase may have had a cheekier meaning, though. During the early 20th century, the word “rabbit” was commonly used in conjunction with swear words. At the time, some people believed that swearing warded off evil, too. Signs point to “rabbit, rabbit” being an innocent phrase, though. Nickelodeon popularized the phrase during its “Nick Days” campaign in the 1990s. The channel celebrated “Rabbit Rabbit Day” on the last day of the month, reminding kids that they should say it the next morning.

3. Former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt believed in the superstition. FDR wholeheartedly subscribed to the superstition, even carrying a rabbit’s foot in his pocket for good luck on the 1932 campaign trail. A news article from 1935 reads, “Even Mr. Roosevelt, the President of the United States, has confessed to a friend that he says ‘Rabbits’ on the first of every month — and, what is more, he would not think of omitting the utterance on any account.” FDR’s rabbit’s foot is on display at his presidential library and museum in Hyde Park, New York.

4. You can say these phrases instead of just “rabbit, rabbit” for good luck: “white rabbits,” and “rabbits, rabbits, rabbits” will suffice. Saturday Night Live legend Gilda Radner was known for saying “bunny, bunny”, too. In fact, a Gilda memoir written by her friend, SNL writer Alan Zweibel, is called Bunny, Bunny: Gilda Radner: a Sort of Love Story.

5. If you forgot to say it at the beginning of the day on the first of the month, you’re not out of luck. Just remember, at the end of the day, say “black rabbit” right before you go to bed, or “tibbar, tibbar” — rabbit spelled backwards.

After the hustle and bustle of the last week and the start of another busy week tomorrow today was going to be a stay home and watch TV day...and it was!!

I did go out though this morning..to the fancy golf 

and tennis club

 where I sometimes play tennis..I heard there was a tournament taking place...

Turns out the main event is next weekend so I will come back then.

Went home and had breakfast..did some laundry so nice to have my own machine and a drying rack so all my stuff gets sun dried!!

Watched some live tennis from NYC..I remember being there last year on a Sunday I had tickets for the day and night session..it was an awesome day!!

Then went and settled down on my lounger on the roof...

Looks great I think!!!

That white church..

Is San Antonio ..very close to where I play tennis so you can see I am not far away??

I bought myself a hummingbird feeder and put it on the steps leading to the roof top and put some sugar water in.....I knew there were birds coming but I have not seen one till this afternoon!!!

Cooked myself a great English dinner tonight...Bangers and Mash!!!

Now getting settled for a wonderful, I hope, tennis match Novak and Stan!!!

Yashi Kochi!!!