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My Good Babushka

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Sun Jun 1, 2014, 06:47 AM Jun 2014

Some Hare Lore

The ancient Romans used hares for divination, but there were not usually eaten.

It used to be a hare crossing one's path was an omen of bad luck, and one should turn back.

If a hare crosses the path of a pregnant woman, she should tear off a bit of clothing and discard it, along with the bad luck.

A rabbit's foot was once thought to be a good cure for colic.

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Some Hare Lore (Original Post) My Good Babushka Jun 2014 OP
Then there is the song "The 2 Magicians" intaglio Jun 2014 #1
Very interesting. And some people say "rabbit, rabbit" on the first day of the month for good luck Glorfindel Jun 2014 #2

intaglio

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1. Then there is the song "The 2 Magicians"
Sun Jun 1, 2014, 08:24 AM
Jun 2014

via http://www.joe-offer.com/folkinfo/songs/87.html

O She look'd out of the window as white as any milk;
And He look'd in at the window as black as any silk.


Chorus:
Hulloa, hulloa, holloa, hulloa, you coal black smith!
You have done me no harm
You never shall change my maidenhead that I have kept so long;
I'd rather die a maid, Yes, but then she said,
And be buried all in my grave
Than to have such a husky, dusky, musty, fusky coal-blank smith
A maiden I will die.

Then she became a duck
A duck all on the steam;
And he became a water dog
And fetched her back again.

Then she became a hare,
A hare upon the plain;
And he became a greyhound dog
And fetched her back again.
Then she became a fly,
A fly all in the air;
And he became a spider
And fetch'd her to his lair

Then she became a silken plaid,
And stretchd upon a bed,
And he became a green covering,
And gaind her maidenhead.

This is the version collected by Buchan except the last verse collected by Child.

Another version as performed by Steeleye Span
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