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Here we are Friday the 13th. Interesting facts about this day and how it happened. To tell you my husband thinks that the 13th is special because he was released from the Army in 1972 on the 13th. That is how he remembers that. Our sky this morning is blue and clear, but the temperature is on the colder side. So enjoy the sunshine and stay safe.
Ready for Friday the 13th? Well, November 13, 2020 is considered the lucky (or unlucky?) day. Why exactly is this day often associated with good or bad luck? What is the meaning of Friday the 13th and how did this superstition even begin? Find out—and enjoy fun freaky facts!
Friday the 13th occurs one to three times each year. In many countries around the world, this date is considered unlucky and tied to misfortunate events.
FRIDAY THE 13TH ORIGINS
Let’s look back at the origins of this ominous date. Although no one knows for certain, the fear of the number 13 and the fear of Friday likely combined around the late 1800s into this new phobia; no clear mention of it had been discussed in published works before then.
Do you know the story of Loki? At a dinner with 12 of the Norse gods, Loki was not invited. However, the trouble-maker showed up, fighting ensured, and one of the most popular god (Baldur) was killed that day.
Nights of the Templar
The predominant 20th-century theory suggests that it stemmed from an event that had occurred on Friday, October 13, 1307, when thousands belonging to an influential religious military order called the Knights Templar (officially, the Poor Knights of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon) were arrested for blasphemy and other affronts at the command of France’s king, Philip IV. Many were later tortured, coerced into making false confessions, and executed.
When the knights were burned at the stake in Paris, the order’s leader Jacque de Molay cried out, “God knows who is wrong and has sinned. Soon a calamity will occur to those who have condemned us to death.” The holy warrior’s curse and wrongful death put a hex on Friday the 13th through the ages.
The Last Supper
Another superstituion associates Friday the 13th with the Last Supper, attended by 13 people—Jesus Christ and his 12 disciples. The number 13 is associated with 13th disciple, Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Christ shortly after that Last Summer. Christ was handed to Roman soldiers the next morning and crucified on Good Friday.
FEAR OF FRIDAY THE 13TH
No matter how the phobia came about, superstitions abound concerning it. On Friday the 13th, some people refuse to cut their hair or nails, dine out, buy a house, start a job, conduct business, marry, or participate in any event. Other folks are so terrorized that they fear even crawling out of bed or going anywhere on this day (including Winston Churchill, who considered traveling on Friday the 13th unlucky).
As you may be aware, quite a few of today’s skyscrapers and hotels don’t have 13th floors or a room 13. More than 60 million people worldwide have a phobia of Friday the 13th to varying degrees.
The fear of Friday the 13th is officially called “friggatriskaidekaphobia”; “Frigga” was the Norse god for which Friday is named and “triskaidekaphobia” means fear of the number 13.
An alternate term for the anxiety is “paraskevidekatriaphobia.” Originating from Greek, paraskevi means Friday, dekatria refers to “thirteen,” and phobia translates as “fear.”
IT ISN’T ALL BAD…
Many of those who were born on Friday the 13th, or whose birthdays fall on the 13th and occasionally occur on a Friday, consider themselves immune to any negative repercussions.
In some countries, the day is considered normal or even lucky! In other countries, the ill-fated date is a different one! In Italy, it is Friday the 17th. In some Hispanic countries, Tuesday the 13th is the unlucky one. In fact, the title of the 1980 American horror film Friday the 13th (now a cult classic) was changed to Martes 13 (“Tuesday the 13th”) for Spanish-speaking audiences.
CALENDAR CLUES
There are 14 possible configurations for the annual calendar that determine how many Friday the 13ths will occur in the year.
6 of 14 years have one Friday the 13th.
6 of 14 years have two Fridays the 13th.
2 of 14 years have three Fridays the 13th.
Months that have a Friday the 13th begin on a Sunday.
FRIDAY THE 13TH FUN FACTS
Sure, plenty of good things happened on Friday the 13th, but to someone with friggatriskaidekaphobia, that matters not!
The horror novelist Stephen King is a triskie. He’s also a friggatriskaidekaphobe.
Franklin Roosevelt had such an irrational fear of Friday the 13 that he would avoid traveling on Fridays.
Alexander Hamilton died in a duel with Aaron Burr on the 13th of Friday, 1804.
Jack the Ripper claimed his final victim on Friday the 13th in 1888.
Taken from https://www.almanac.com/why-friday-13th-unlucky-origin-friday-13th
Till next time this is Becky Litterer, Becky’s Greenhouse, Dougherty Iowa beckmall@netins.net 641-794-3337 641-903-9365 cell
Ready for Friday the 13th? Well, November 13, 2020 is considered the lucky (or unlucky?) day. Why exactly is this day often associated with good or bad luck? What is the meaning of Friday the 13th and how did this superstition even begin? Find out—and enjoy fun freaky facts!
Friday the 13th occurs one to three times each year. In many countries around the world, this date is considered unlucky and tied to misfortunate events.
FRIDAY THE 13TH ORIGINS
Let’s look back at the origins of this ominous date. Although no one knows for certain, the fear of the number 13 and the fear of Friday likely combined around the late 1800s into this new phobia; no clear mention of it had been discussed in published works before then.
Do you know the story of Loki? At a dinner with 12 of the Norse gods, Loki was not invited. However, the trouble-maker showed up, fighting ensured, and one of the most popular god (Baldur) was killed that day.
Nights of the Templar
The predominant 20th-century theory suggests that it stemmed from an event that had occurred on Friday, October 13, 1307, when thousands belonging to an influential religious military order called the Knights Templar (officially, the Poor Knights of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon) were arrested for blasphemy and other affronts at the command of France’s king, Philip IV. Many were later tortured, coerced into making false confessions, and executed.
When the knights were burned at the stake in Paris, the order’s leader Jacque de Molay cried out, “God knows who is wrong and has sinned. Soon a calamity will occur to those who have condemned us to death.” The holy warrior’s curse and wrongful death put a hex on Friday the 13th through the ages.
The Last Supper
Another superstituion associates Friday the 13th with the Last Supper, attended by 13 people—Jesus Christ and his 12 disciples. The number 13 is associated with 13th disciple, Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Christ shortly after that Last Summer. Christ was handed to Roman soldiers the next morning and crucified on Good Friday.
FEAR OF FRIDAY THE 13TH
No matter how the phobia came about, superstitions abound concerning it. On Friday the 13th, some people refuse to cut their hair or nails, dine out, buy a house, start a job, conduct business, marry, or participate in any event. Other folks are so terrorized that they fear even crawling out of bed or going anywhere on this day (including Winston Churchill, who considered traveling on Friday the 13th unlucky).
As you may be aware, quite a few of today’s skyscrapers and hotels don’t have 13th floors or a room 13. More than 60 million people worldwide have a phobia of Friday the 13th to varying degrees.
The fear of Friday the 13th is officially called “friggatriskaidekaphobia”; “Frigga” was the Norse god for which Friday is named and “triskaidekaphobia” means fear of the number 13.
An alternate term for the anxiety is “paraskevidekatriaphobia.” Originating from Greek, paraskevi means Friday, dekatria refers to “thirteen,” and phobia translates as “fear.”
IT ISN’T ALL BAD…
Many of those who were born on Friday the 13th, or whose birthdays fall on the 13th and occasionally occur on a Friday, consider themselves immune to any negative repercussions.
In some countries, the day is considered normal or even lucky! In other countries, the ill-fated date is a different one! In Italy, it is Friday the 17th. In some Hispanic countries, Tuesday the 13th is the unlucky one. In fact, the title of the 1980 American horror film Friday the 13th (now a cult classic) was changed to Martes 13 (“Tuesday the 13th”) for Spanish-speaking audiences.
CALENDAR CLUES
There are 14 possible configurations for the annual calendar that determine how many Friday the 13ths will occur in the year.
6 of 14 years have one Friday the 13th.
6 of 14 years have two Fridays the 13th.
2 of 14 years have three Fridays the 13th.
Months that have a Friday the 13th begin on a Sunday.
FRIDAY THE 13TH FUN FACTS
Sure, plenty of good things happened on Friday the 13th, but to someone with friggatriskaidekaphobia, that matters not!
The horror novelist Stephen King is a triskie. He’s also a friggatriskaidekaphobe.
Franklin Roosevelt had such an irrational fear of Friday the 13 that he would avoid traveling on Fridays.
Alexander Hamilton died in a duel with Aaron Burr on the 13th of Friday, 1804.
Jack the Ripper claimed his final victim on Friday the 13th in 1888.
Taken from https://www.almanac.com/why-friday-13th-unlucky-origin-friday-13th
Till next time this is Becky Litterer, Becky’s Greenhouse, Dougherty Iowa beckmall@netins.net 641-794-3337 641-903-9365 cell
