This story was just too weird to pass up- residents of the Isle of Portland in the UK have banned posters for the upcoming movie Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit; because the word "rabbit" is taboo. Instead islanders refer to bunnies as "furry things" or "underground mutton".
"The word rabbit is considered to be bad luck because the creatures’ burrowing caused land slips in the quarries, which have made Portland stone famous around the world...Quarry workers were so superstitious that if they saw a rabbit they would pack up and go home for the day."
The world is a strange, strange place.
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