Game – Los Angeles, California

Nationality: English-American
Age: 19
Occupation: Student
Residence: Seattle, WA
Performance Date: April 18, 2008
Primary Language: English
Language: Japanese

Rabbit Game

1st day of month you win the game if you are the first person to say rabbits

The informant said that this is a game within his family and he thinks it’s from his father, who is from England, so that it might be English.

I’m not certain on the significance of the game, but I know that rabbit is a much more popular food overseas in England, than it is here in America.  England also has a booming rabbit population and rabbit hunting is quite popular.  So, perhaps, this game represents a rabbit sighting, which would lead to a rabbit dinner.  In saying “rabbits!” one may expect to see rabbits, which could then be hunted.  Therefore they win because the sighting would lead to a tasty dinner for the family.