A caller from Maine says she was taught to say “bunny, bunny” at the first of each month for good luck. Then she met someone who says “rabbit, rabbit” for the same reason. What’s the superstition behind these...
They also discuss listener’s own stories about saying “bread and butter” when companions step around an obstacle that divides them. We also promised words for the experience of noticing a word for the first time and then feeling...
glass v.— «That evening, he took me up on the mountain (really a mesa) as he called it, and we parked and glassed for elk.» —“The Luck of the Draw” by Keegan Fielder in Pfeifer, Kansas Buckmasters Jan. 18...
A Brazilian has been researching why actors use the unlikely expression “break a leg” to wish each other well before going on stage. He suspects it’s a borrowing of a German phrase that means, “May you break your neck and...
Califernian n.— «“Every little bit of luck helps,” says the mountain operations manager at B.C.‘s legendary Fernie Alpine Resort.…The town is such a pleasant diversion from the slopes, with its main drag of century-old hotels...
buddy letter n.— «“We’ve seen people who refused treatment at the time,” she said. “What we advise people is to search for and submit new evidence.”…She said veterans have also had some luck in introducing as...