2006-10-13 01:15:29 · 14 answers · asked by keshiv r 2 in Beauty & Style ➔ Skin & Body ➔ Other - Skin & Body
A Friday occurring on the 13th day of any month is considered to be a day of bad luck in English and Portuguese-speaking cultures around the globe. Similar superstitions exist in some other traditions. In Greece and Spain, for example, Tuesday the 13th takes the same role. The fear of Friday the 13th is called paraskavedekatriaphobia, a specialized form of triskaidekaphobia, a phobia (fear) of the number thirteen.
There have been a number of events known as "Black Fridays" in history. Usually, these events are devastating. Some historians propose that the origin of the "Black Friday" was the simultaneous arrest of hundreds of Knights Templars on October 13, 1307 (Friday), to be later tortured into admitting heresy.
Strangely, there is evidence to suggest that Friday the 13th is actually unlucky. Psychologists have found that some people are especially likely to have accidents or fall ill on Friday the 13th. This has been attributed to such people feeling a heightened state of anxiety on that day (see nocebo effect). The Stress Management Center and Phobia Institute in Asheville, North Carolina estimates that in the United States alone, $800 or $900 million is lost in business each Friday the 13th because some people will not travel or go to work.
Also, usually there is at least up to three Friday the 13ths that occurs each year. Next year the dreaded day lands on April and July and the years that have three Friday the 13ths are 2009, 2015 and 2026. The months on those three years are February, March and November.
2006-10-13 01:35:00 · answer #1 · answered by The Chaotic Darkness 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
The Knights Templar were arrested on October 13, 1307, thus the rise of the fear of Friday the 13th
2006-10-13 01:16:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Doesn't bother me. I love the number 13 my birthday is on the 13th. Now my mother has a pee pee if I drive on Friday the 13th, or anytime in the month of September because several of my family members have died in car accidents in September. She's very superstitious!
2006-10-13 01:24:45 · answer #3 · answered by sparkles 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Friday the 13th has been associated with horrible events throughout history.
The first account of tragedty is when the Knights Templar were hunted and execucted.
2006-10-13 01:19:58 · answer #4 · answered by sshazzam 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a day were things can go wrong because the number 13 is supposedly cursed. At least that's what some beleive. And that's also why if you go into any building that goes pass the 12th floor, there will be no 13th floor!! Ooooh spooky huh. But It's true.
2006-10-13 01:17:23 · answer #5 · answered by sweetpea 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
another day
another Bush screw up
Bush screw up is actually more scary than Friday the 13th
2006-10-13 01:17:11 · answer #6 · answered by Taco 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
people say it is bad luck day however i don't believe in that mess. people say somethin bad is gonna happen but i think its all in their head.2 is friday 13th
2006-10-13 03:01:49 · answer #7 · answered by tisha091393 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its a superstitious day because 13 is an unlucky number. bad things happen on friday 13s. i know from personal experience.
it comes from Irish superstitions (walking under ladders, black cats, etc.)
2006-10-13 01:18:56 · answer #8 · answered by mandy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The day before my birthday :-)
The 286th day of the year.
What exactly do you want to know about today?
2006-10-13 01:22:32 · answer #9 · answered by welches_grape_jelly 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Keshiv, just another day just like tomorrow is Saturday the 14th...
2006-10-13 01:20:22 · answer #10 · answered by Moosi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋