white rabbits

First-of-month phrase

White rabbits is a phrase spoken as a good-luck charm, traditionally said first thing on the first day of a new month.

The custom, primarily British, holds that saying white rabbits or rabbit rabbit before any other words brings good fortune for the month ahead.

The origin is obscure, but the practice persists as a minor folk superstition.

monthly

calendar

Date-tracking system

cycle · renewal · January · February · March · April · May · June · July · August

playfulness

bunnies

Young or small rabbits

fluffy · cuddly · energetic · joyful · furry · soft · antics · gambol · mischief · prance

greeting

first

Position number one

wake · daybreak · utterance · phrase · chant · habit · custom · tradition · mantra · incantation

superstition

charm

Attractive personal quality

  • omenProphetic indicator
  • luckChance affecting outcomes
  • fortuneWealth or destiny

talisman · amulet · protection · folklore · myth · ward · portent · blessing · auspicious · serendipity

Opposites
superstition/luck ritual

white rabbitscurse

Invoked harm through words

jinx · hex · evil eye · ill omen · malediction

color-animal symbolism

white rabbitsblack cat

Dark-coated feline

black dog · death's-head moth · black sheep

magical efficacy

white rabbitsmumbo jumbo

Deliberately confusing language

empty words

Family

white, whiten, whiteness, whitish, whiter, whitest, rabbit, rabbits, rabbiting

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G