Minis On The Edge Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 The Luck of a rabbit's foot stems from what rooted belief? Why is the foot of an Hare or Rabbit choosen as the important body part preferred as the good luck piece? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 Possibly because of how quickly those little feet can hop that rabbit to safety, although considering how may rabbits' feet wound up on keychains for people to carry around I'd say they weren't very good luck for the poor rabbit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllThingsMini Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 Rabbits and hares were considered very lucky animals as they were associated with spring and the return of flowers and other plants. Spring was also a time of fertility and so rabbits were considered good luck to be seen running through the fields. To see a rabbit running through your yard meant that it would be a good year to have children or that your garden would be especially fertile this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shutterbugkc Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 To see a rabbit running through your yard meant that it would be a good year to have children or that your garden would be especially fertile this year. I would think that it would mean your garden would be in danger that year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deb Posted October 8, 2005 Share Posted October 8, 2005 I would think that it would mean your garden would be in danger that year! I've heard that if you plant catnip around your garden it keeps the rabbits out. I'm not sure what would be worse.........bunnies eating up the produce or a pack of drunk cats rolling around in it! Deb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted October 8, 2005 Share Posted October 8, 2005 I once planted a few catnip seeds in our garden room for DS#3's sweet cat and now I can't get rid of it! I have to pull it out from EVERYWHERE! It's such a hoot to take some to DS's cat & watch him stand on his head in it I didn't realize rabbits didn't like catnip, I thought they ate everything! They ate all the baby fig trees we set out one year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniMadWoman Posted October 8, 2005 Share Posted October 8, 2005 The rabbit's here eat everything! We had to put in a barrier and plant it six inches deep so the rabbit's wouldn't get in the yard and eat all my plants! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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