![]() ![]() Some say instead that the rabbit must be taken on a Friday, or a rainy Friday, or Friday the 13th. Some sources tell that the rabbit must be taken by the full moon, and others specifying the new moon. A number of strictures attached to the charm are now observed mostly in the breach, namely that it must be the left hind foot of a rabbit which was shot or otherwise captured in a cemetery. The belief in North American folklore may originate in the system of folk magic known as " hoodoo". Shay is credited with the witticism, "Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember it didn't work for the rabbit." In North American culture It has been suggested by Benjamin Radford that the rabbit's foot could be connected to a European good luck charm called the Hand of Glory, a hand cut from a hanged man and then pickled. In variations of this superstition, the rabbit it came from must possess certain attributes, such as having been killed in a particular place, using a particular method, or by a person possessing particular attributes (e.g., by a cross-eyed man). This belief is held by individuals in a great number of places around the world, including Europe, China, Africa, Australia and North and South America. In some cultures, a rabbit's foot is carried as an amulet believed to bring good luck. Good luck charm Victorian silver mounted rabbit's foot charm ![]()
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