why is a rabbit's foot lucky? what about the horseshoe?
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Not sure about the rabbits foot, but the horse shoe is because of an old belief that witches are scared of iron.  In olden days the easiest sourse of iron was a horse shoe, so people would hang one above the door.  I live about 5 miles from where the last witch in Britain was burnt (in like the 1600's), and there's still a lot of belief in witches.  My mother specifically bought a rowan tree to plant on our drive, witches are also supposed to be repelled by rowan trees.  There's a forest near me that has a series of circular clearings throughout it, which witches still go to on midsummers nights eve to dance round a fire naked (it takes all sorts I suppose)
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Claim:   Marilyn Monroe had six toes on each foot.\n\nStatus:   False.\n\nOrigins:   Despite the way this "fact" about Marilyn Monroe's toes is usually worded, the real issue is not whether she had six toes on each foot - she didn't. The claim, which is traceable to a specific source, is that she was born polydactyl, but with only one extra digit: a sixth toe on her left foot, which was supposedly surgically removed early on in her Hollywood career. \n\nMarilyn Monroe may indeed have been "the girl with something extra," but the extra something in this case doesn't appear to have been a toe.
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Good luck or bad luck determines the life or death of most animals and plants on earth. You, on the otherhand, have some control over your situation, because you can choose with your brain when to take risks, to put your self in jeopardy. You alone jeopardize yourself by risk, not safety.
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A new nose because I have a turned up nose and it looks funny.  People say it is "cute" but I do not think so.\n\nI am too large for a thong.  Rabbits would eat the garden plants.
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It means you should have detached the rabbit from it's foot before throwing it.  Thus the mirror would have never broken as there wouldn't have been enough force behind the foot alone.
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Because one of its legs is both the same.
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He's a team mate who can accurately run a pace designed for the guy the team thinks can win. They put him out front running 4 minute and 30 sec miles (or whatever pace they have to have) and the rest of the team chases the rabbit until the end of the race when its time to kick it and run to win.
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I think the dust bunnies would win because they have the advantage in sheer numbers.  :-)
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I found this site and quoted the site,  Please see the url in sources to find more information\n""Horseshoes were also considered lucky because they were made by blacksmiths, which is also considered a very lucky trade. Because they worked with elemental fire and magical \niron""\n\n""many believe that to hang it with the ends pointing upwards is good luck as it acts as a storage container of sorts for any good luck that happens to be floating by, whereas to hang it with the ends pointing down, is bad luck as all the good luck will fall out. Others believe that no matter which way you hang the horseshoe, good luck will come. According to this superstition, the ends-pointing-down display simply means that the good luck is able to flow out and surround the home. If the horseshoe is hung over a doorway, ends up will catch good luck and ends down will let the good luck spill over the door and stop evil from entering. ""
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I believe its because the structure of their leg bones is an example of the ball & socket joint. Therefore it allows them to move the joint on the socket in one direction like sideways. Sorry if it's hard to understand or imagine.
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The mule is the only equine that can see all 4 of its' feet.  That is why they are so surefooted and are used to pack in the mountains.\n\nMules are half donkey, and half horse, and their eyes are set just a little more to the sides of their head, rather than horses which are more towards the front.\n\nNeither horses or mules can see directly in front or behind them, without actually turning their head, even just slightly.
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Well, being as I've never had a curly wurly long enough to measure it against a rabbit I really can't say, but I would guess at the rabbit being bigger. (Fancy people not knowing what a curly wurly is!)
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Because playboy is so infamous that it's symbol is the American sex symbol whether or not we choose another animal to rep.\n\nAlso, bunnys are very ...um... reproductive animals.  They shag a lot.  Have a lot of babies too.  Bunnys reproduce very quickly, let's just say that.
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With pacers, the two right legs move forawrd and/or backwards simultaniously, and the two left legs move simultaniously.  Most pacers wear equipment called "hopples" that help them stay in that gait.  Some lucky horses are "free legged" which means that they don't need those.
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Common ancestor.  It's like having five fingers--it's not necessarily the ultimately best number of fingers to have, but the bone arrangement has been around since we got it from the actinopteryginii and possibly even before.  We just happened to get it from the animal that happened to make it.  Evolution can work in favor of dumb luck, occasionally.
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From rabbits. Rabbits (hares) have "hare-lips"  A split in their front lip.  Jeez.  ...... Yes he does oghma !!  look again!
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theres no such thing as lucky numbers it's just a superstition...good luck :P