This superstition was further influenced by various cultures around the world. It was believed that carrying a rabbit’s foot could bring luck and ward off evil spirits. Early cultures, such as the Celts and Native Americans, believed that rabbits possessed magical powers and were regarded as symbols of good fortune. The belief in the luckiness of rabbit’s feet has been around for centuries. The Origins Of Rabbit’s Foot Superstition Despite the lack of concrete evidence supporting their luck-bringing abilities, rabbits’ feet remain a popular and widely recognized symbol of good fortune to this day. The specific superstition of carrying a rabbit’s foot as a lucky charm became popular in the early 20th century, particularly in Western culture. This belief expanded to include rabbit’s feet as lucky charms, as they were believed to bring abundance and success in various areas of life. Rabbit’s feet are believed to bring good luck and abundance because they have long been associated with both fertility and good fortune.ĭating back to ancient cultures, rabbits were seen as symbols of fertility and prosperity due to their ability to reproduce rapidly. The novelty of having a 'lucky rabbit's foot' will wear out long before the rabbit's foot will.Rabbit’s feet are considered lucky due to their association with fertility and good fortune. IF I decided to do one today, I'd probably inject it with Touchstone's 4in1 and let it dry in the attic. Most rabbits get mounted much like birds with the back legs being stripped of meat, wired and wrapped before mounting into the body of the manikin.

I don't use the manikin feet when I mount them. I've never heard of anyone using a 'foot form' for one. It's STILL susceptible to bugs and if it gets damp or wet, it will decompose (what little of that there is, remember). Sure freeze drying will work, but remember, freeze drying changes nothing organically.

Wasn't enough there for flies to bother with and in the era of DDT, I'd suppose dermistids had a bad time. Some hung there, out in the weather all year. When we finished cleaning them, we cut the back feet off and let them hang there. For years as a kid, we skinned rabbits on the clothesline. There's actually very little 'meat' in a rabbit's foot.

Why are rabbits feet lucky