As long as it's Friday we'll take it anyway that we can get it!
Today I thought I would start off with a little information about Friday the 13th. A little edumacation never hurt anyone and besides this could be your opportunity to impress your co-workers, that girl you've had your eye on or even your mom!Yeah, whatever, just check it out..
XOXO!
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paraskavedekatriaphobia
-a word that is derived from the concatenation of the Greek words Παρασκευή, δεκατρείς, and φοβία, meaning Friday, thirteen, and phobia respectively; alternate spellings include paraskevodekatriaphobia or paraskevidekatriaphobia.
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"It's been estimated that [U.S] $800 or $900 million is lost in business on this day because people will not fly or do business they would normally do."
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Many popular stories exist about the origin of the concept:
* The Last Supper, with stories that Judas was the thirteenth guest, and that the Crucifixion of Jesus occurred Friday.
* That the biblical Eve offered the fruit to Adam on a Friday, and that the slaying of Abel happened on a Friday (though the Bible does not identify the days of the week when these events occurred). [3]
* That it started on Friday, October 13, 1307, the date that many Knights Templar were simultaneously arrested in France, by agents of King Philip IV.
There is no true date that the Friday the 13th superstition can be linked to.
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Notable births and deaths on Friday the 13th
Born on Friday the 13th
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen
Steve Buscemi
Fidel Castro
Peter Davison
Margaret Thatcher
Max Weinberg
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Will Clark
Died on Friday the 13th
Tupac Shakur
Tony Roper
Stuart Challender
Hubert Humphrey
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Friday the 13th wives tales throughout the years...
* Needleworking: "I knew an old lady who, if she had nearly completed a piece of needlework on a Thursday, would put it aside unfinished, and set a few stitches in her next undertaking, that she might not be obliged either to begin the new task on Friday or to remain idle for a day." (1883)
* Harvesting: "My father once decided to start harvest on a Friday, and men went out on the Thursday evening, and, unpaid, cut along one side of the first field with their scythes, in order to dodge the malign fates which a Friday start would begin." (1933)
* Laying the keel of, or launching, a ship: "Fisherman would have great misgivings about laying the keel of a new boat on Friday, as well as launching one on that day." (1885)
* Beginning a sea voyage: "Sailors are many of them superstitious . . . A voyage begun [on a Friday] is sure to be an unfortunate one." (1823)
* Beginning a journey: "I knew another poor woman, who . . . made it a rule never to . . . set out on a journey on a Friday." (1804)
* Giving birth: "A child born on a Friday is doomed to misfortune." (1846)
* Getting married: "As to Friday, a couple married on that day are doomed to a cat-and-dog life." (1879)
* Recovering from illness: "If you have been ill, don't get up for the first time on a Friday." (1923)
* Hearing news: "If you hear anything new on a Friday, it gives you another wrinkle on your face, and adds a year to your age." (1883)
* Moving: "Don't move on a Friday, or you won't stay there very long." (1982)
* Starting a new job: "Servants who go into their situations on Friday, never go to stay." (1923)
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