Why is a Rabbit s Foot Considered Lucky?

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Raccoon penis bones. Vulture heads. Lucky pennies. A vast and eclectic array of amulets, talismans, and charms meant to bring good fortune to their owners have been put to use as long as humans have walked the planet. To the ancient Egyptians, images of the scarab beetle helped ward off evil.

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[damnbro_idc]

Rabbit: *signature large ears*
Humans; "the foot must be magic"

[williamchamberlain]

My take: if a rabbit is caught in a wire snare it may gnaw its own foot off to escape, and may even survive the shock and blood loss. If you're a trapper and find the foot without a fluffy corpse nearby, then you know that it _is_ indeed a lucky rabbit, and you've therefore got a bit of embodied luck it left behind in your snare.

[iksarguards]

“If rabbits feet were so lucky they’d still be on the rabbit”- *99% of comment this section*

[joelhall]

"A lucky rabbit's foot."

Yeah, bet that rabbit feels lucky.

[nemisisomega]

"abra kadabra u re preggo"
OMG I laughed so hard at that!! That was so

[russellbrosam]

The word abracadabra closely translates to “I Create As I Speak, ” in Aramaic. Abra means “I will create” and cadabra means “as was spoken".

[thirstfast]

"If rabbit's feet were lucky, they'd still be attached to a rabbit".

[zacharyouten]

Well one thing is for sure, those feet weren't giving the rabbits any luck

[CarpeNoctem]

Animal digs a hole and gets into said hole

“It speaks to the gods!”

[yanyanc]

Hebrew speaker here, "Abra cadabra" literally translates to "I'll conjure as I speak"
Abra became Evra in modern Hebrew, meaning I'll create/conjure.
Cadabra became Ce'Adebra, meaning as I speak.

[meritholdingllc]

The rabbit had four feet and they were not enough luck to keep him from getting killed so four people could have a "lucky" foot.

[lucid_icicle]

The subtle background music always makes me think there is an ice cream van passing by.

[GregMcMahan]

Here's an interesting story idea. Why is the magician's trick of pulling a rabbit from a hat iconic? Hint... it's really weird.

[missymotors]

I noticed many English say “having it off” and Americans say, “getting it on” 🤔

[carakuso]

Bonus fact for you, Simon: 'Yt' in all likelihood is an abbreviation of 'that, ' as back when the printing press first came out, the English still used the letter Þþ (called Thorn and pronounced as 'th'). However, there usually wasn't a Thorn in typeface sets, so a 'y' was often used in it's place, which is also why you'd see, 'ye' (as in, 'ye old shoppe'), which was meant to be read as the word 'the.' 🤓

[petergray]

In the Chinese language, the phonemes for "four" and "death" are identical, and therefore doing anything in fours is to be avoided.

[thirstfast]

".... I wanna reach out and grab ya.."

[jancerny]

I can't hear "abracadabra" without remembering Bugs Bunny in the Loony Toons short, reading the book "Magic Words and Phrases" aloud in a Brooklyn rabbit's accent, unintentionally transmogrifying the vampire stalking him. "Magic woids...it is to laugh."

[ZekeGraal]

My airline doesn’t have a 13th row, but my favorite plane to work on is serial number 666 haha!

[tawon]

Steve Miller Band loves the Bonus facts.