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Thread #42504 Message #617944
Posted By: Kaleea
29-Dec-01 - 12:25 AM
Thread Name: Help: New Years food
Subject: RE: Help: New Years food
Interesting that some have mentioned the black-eyed peas, as my mother always said that she was raised eating the traditional meal of black-eyed peas & cornbread on New Years Day for good luck through the year. While having nothing to do with food, my old music history professor told us that on New Years Day, one must utter to the first person one greets the following phrase for good luck in the New Year: "Rabbit, Rabbit!" If anyone has heard of that, or knows the origins, I would enjoy hearing about it.