How’s Your Paraskevidekatriaphobia?
Paraskevidekatriaphobia is the fear of Friday the 13th. Given today’s date, I simply had to post that little factiod.
So, why is Friday the 13th considered to be so unlucky? As the 6th day of the week, Friday is considered by many to be a Bad Thing®. While I don’t understand how anyone could possibly prove this, one source I checked claimed that Friday was the day of the week on which Eve gave the apple to Adam.
The number thirteen is said to be unlucky because that was the number of people attending The Last Supper. According to tradition, if 13 people gather for a meal, the first one to stand up after the meal is finished will die before the end of the year.
When you combine the bad luck associated with Friday and the bad luck associated with the number thirteen, that’s a double shot of Bad Luck® - if you believe in that sort of thing.
What I will never understand is the same people who swear that Friday The Thirteenth is unlucky will amend their statement to say “unless you were born on Friday the Thirteenth, in which case, that’s your lucky day”.
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In the movie, The Divinci Code, they explain one theory about the origins of Firday the 13th. This is not in the book.