yea was wondering how they are lucky i have a purple one.
2007-10-30 17:29:47 · 16 answers · asked by aiken123445 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
There's nothing lucky about a bunny with no feet.
2007-10-30 17:32:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The belief originates in the system of African-American folk magic known as hoodoo. A number of strictures attached to the charm that are now observed mostly in the breach:
First, not any old foot from a rabbit will do: it is the left hind foot of a rabbit that is useful as a charm.
Second, not any left hind foot of a rabbit will do; the rabbit must have been shot or otherwise captured in a cemetery.
Third, at least according to some sources, not any left hind foot of a rabbit shot in a cemetery will do: the phase of the moon is also important. Some authorities say that the rabbit must be taken in the full moon, while others hold instead that the rabbit must be taken in the new moon. Some sources say instead that the rabbit must be taken on a Friday, or a rainy Friday, or Friday the 13th. Some sources say that the rabbit should be shot with a silver bullet, while others say that the foot must be cut off while the rabbit is still alive.
2007-10-31 16:05:50 · answer #2 · answered by andria1321 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it comes from the saying, i was lucky enough to catch a rabbit today'
in the early 1900's boys or men would go out into the forrest to shot rabbits, dear etc. the wild rabbit was very fast and not a easy catch so when a boy came home with a rabbit on his back they were considered lucky that day, and while cutting up the meal some people took proof that they caught the rabbit, the proof is the foot!
2007-10-31 00:37:54 · answer #3 · answered by cameron greene 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The belief that a rabbit's foot is lucky seems to have become a commonplace of American popular culture, but at one time in the past this belief was considered a Southern superstition, specifically one of strictly African-American origin. And from what i have read in older books on folklore, in earlier decades, it was only the left hind foot of the rabbit that was considered lucky and the bearer had to rub it to activate the luck. In addition, some people back then believed that the rabbitÃs foot was a source of protective magic in addition to bringing good fortune.
2007-10-31 00:36:14 · answer #4 · answered by Frosty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not very lucky for the 3 legged Rabbit is it ?
2007-10-31 00:34:53 · answer #5 · answered by PARADOX 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The rabbit's foot certainly wasn't lucky for the rabbit!
2007-10-31 00:32:56 · answer #6 · answered by nursekuba 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think they are lucky. I think it's all what you want it to be in your mind. If you think about it enough, it can come true. If you focus on the rabbit foot and think negatively, that bad things will happen, then it can happen... just as much as the good luck can.
2007-10-31 00:32:12 · answer #7 · answered by toxicat13 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wasn't very lucky for the rabbit!
2007-10-31 00:32:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hard to say, as it wasn't lucky for the rabbit!
2007-10-31 00:34:14 · answer #9 · answered by Experto Credo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
OK... listen-up before Peta attacks you. the rabbit was a animal used for food for many hundreds of years and still is. the foot according to English folklore and others,,,,were for fertility. i guess because the rabbit could have so many off-springs. so its really kinda gross in today's world,,,,, it is the millennium and we should not play with our food, oh, smile.
2007-10-31 00:41:19 · answer #10 · answered by speck323 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋