Posted by Sheila Connolly I was going to write about this in a timely fashion last week, but Mr. Peet's demise intervened. However, this odd piece of lore has intrigued me for a long time, and this seemed an appropriate time to pursue it, as you will see. How many of you subscribe to the practice of waking up on the first day of the month and saying "rabbit, rabbit" before anything else? For thos…