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Title: monthly sayings,
Post by: alfred on June 13, 2022, 02:16:29 PM
on the first morning of a new month, my wife will say, three white rabbits three  times,

Q;    does any one know where this expression came from and do you remember any other expressions for what ever  the   reason,
Title: Re: monthly sayings,
Post by: Raven on June 13, 2022, 05:41:14 PM
Never heard that before.:hmm:
I have no sayings for things, just old highland words that I've used all my life, and a lot of people have forgotten or never heard of them.  Like, Nyaff or Scunner.
Title: Re: monthly sayings,
Post by: klondike on June 13, 2022, 05:46:39 PM
I've heard of it. I think my mother sometimes said rabbits rabbits rabbits at the start of a month. 

There is also Pinch Punch first day of the month which has to be said first and before midday.
Title: Re: monthly sayings,
Post by: Raven on June 13, 2022, 05:51:03 PM
Never heard of that one either. :embarrassed:
Title: Re: monthly sayings,
Post by: Dayjo on June 13, 2022, 08:11:36 PM
"White rabbits". First words spoken, on the first of the month. Goes back to the beginnings of my memories. Bringing good luck....
 On waking up, (if I remember), I lie quiet. Until Christine has said something else, first..  :wink:  :smiley:
 
Title: Re: monthly sayings,
Post by: Scrumpy on June 13, 2022, 08:43:16 PM
That can be a bummer Dayjo if your not talking to one another..
Title: Re: monthly sayings,
Post by: Dayjo on June 13, 2022, 10:34:20 PM
Quote from: Scrumpy on June 13, 2022, 08:43:16 PMThat can be a bummer Dayjo if your not talking to one another..
:clap:  :clap:  :clap:



Aye.... It does happen. When I'm in Coventry....  :rolleyes:
Title: Re: monthly sayings,
Post by: Michael Rolls on June 14, 2022, 04:52:10 AM
Pinch, punch, first of the month and no returns - was our inevitable greeting, then whichever one who had been slow off the mark would respond 'white rabbits'. Not a clue where it came from - Veronica and the children used to practise it before I knew them
Mike
Title: Re: monthly sayings,
Post by: Jacqueline on June 14, 2022, 10:43:44 AM
From my childhood too, not something I have carried on though.
Title: Re: monthly sayings,
Post by: Scrumpy on June 14, 2022, 11:26:07 AM

We were tough round these parts.. 
When ,as kids, we said 'Pinch, punch first day of the month'.. we would answer''
 'A pinch and a kick, for being so quick.'
Title: Re: monthly sayings,
Post by: Alex on June 14, 2022, 12:08:54 PM
I don't remember any of those sayings.
Title: Re: monthly sayings,
Post by: klondike on June 14, 2022, 01:30:31 PM
Quote from: Scrumpy on June 14, 2022, 11:26:07 AMWe were tough round these parts..
When ,as kids, we said 'Pinch, punch first day of the month'.. we would answer''
 'A pinch and a kick, for being so quick.'
That's why you had to be quick with the No returns of any kind...

I'd forgotten most of this stuff.
Title: Re: monthly sayings,
Post by: Scrumpy on June 14, 2022, 02:36:52 PM
That's right.. I had forgotten about 'No returns'..