Also known as ‘rabbit rabbit’ or ‘rabbit rabbit white rabbit’. The most common modern version states that a person should say “rabbit, rabbit, white rabbit” upon waking on the first day of each new month, and on doing so will receive good luck for the remainder of that month. The rabbit has the reputation for being a lucky creature because of its ability to reproduce abundantly.

If you are reading this, then it’s probably too late for you this month. Regardless, you probably won’t have bad luck for the month, considering how the tradition has changed over the years. Just use rabbit in a sentence and you’ll most likely be covered. From AllExperts.com:

In the 1920s, there was a custom in the UK to say the word ‘rabbit’ three times when going to bed on the last day of the month. The superstition did not end there: on rising, the person was to say ‘hare’ three times. However, sources differ on this point, with one saying that the words ‘rabbit,rabbit, rabbit’, and not ‘hare’ should be said on the morning of the month’s first day.

A 1953 source puts a different ‘complexion’ on the custom yet again:

“On the first day of the month when you wake up in the morning shout ‘White Rabbit’ and when you go to bed at night shout ‘Black Rabbit’ and you will have good luck.”

and by 1982 we have plurality suggested:

“The first words you say for a lucky month are ‘White Rabbits.’”

Better than a pinch and a punch for the first of the month.