LEGEND HAS IT: If 13 people sit down to dinner together, one will die within the year. The Turks so disliked the number 13 that it was practically expunged from their vocabulary (Brewer, 1894). Many cities do not have a 13th Street or a 13th Avenue. Many buildings don’t have a 13th floor. If you have 13 letters in your name, you will have the devil’s luck (Jack the Ripper, Charles Manson, Jeffrey Dahmer, Theodore Bundy and Albert De Salvo all have 13 letters in their names). There are 13 witches in a coven. [story source]

The Bible Connection:

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Photo by Lawrence OP(Artworks of Jesus betrayed by Judas)

There were 13 present at the Last Supper. One of the dinner participants, Judas, betrayed Jesus Christ and set Crucifixion into motion. And Crucifixion… happened on a Friday!

Also many have considered Friday as a bad luck day since Eve offered the apple to Adam on a Friday, the beginning of the great flood was on a Friday, and the confusion at the Tower of Babel also happened on a Friday. Throughout western literature, Friday is often referred to as a bad luck day. It is a terrible day for getting married, changing the bed (can cause bad dreams), beginning a sea voyage, and so on… [story source]

How about you? Do you have any interesting tales about Friday the 13th?

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