New rules require building inspection within two months of being found to have an unsafe facade? That seems like an exceedingly long time once deemed a hazard.
Looks like some do say it for luck; interesting that saying it backwards is also considered acceptable.
"While we can't pinpoint the precise origin of saying "rabbit, rabbit," on the first of the month, there are several reasons why rabbits are invoked in the name of luck. In a 1909 issue of the British journal Notes and Queries, a parent observed that children would say "rabbits" on the first of the month for good luck, according to the History Channel.
It's also been used by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The Nottingham Evening Post reported in November 1935: "Even Mr. Roosevelt, the President of the United States, has confessed to a friend that he says 'Rabbits' on the first of every month—and, what is more, he would not think of omitting the utterance on any account.”
If you forgot to say "rabbit, rabbit" on the first of the month, but you still want to give it a try, you're in luck. According to word historian Martha Barnette, you can say "tibbar, tibbar" (rabbit rabbit spelled backwards) and still be in the clear."
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