Friday, January 13, 2012

Friday the 13th

Why is it that everyone thinks Friday the 13th is bad? I decided to do a little research...

friggatriskaidekaphobia is the fear of Friday the 13.

triskaidekaphobia is the fear of the number 13. Did you know that in the movie Mr Magorium's Wonder Emporium the start jumping on the word triskaidekaphobia. I always thought that it was a word they made up. Now, I find out it is real. How neat is that? Anyways back to Friday the 13.

One reason is because the number 13 is thought to be irregular and trangresses the number 12 which stands for completeness. 
Apparently, Friday is also considered to be an unlucky day. So when putting the two together I guess you get a double whammy.

that's all for now,

2 comments:

Jenny said...

Also the massacre of the Templar Knights was on Friday the 13th. So it was considered a dark day from then on. You didn't tell me you started blogging again.

Kitty said...

you told me this when you did the research but you didn't tell me you were blogging agian