It's Friday the 13th... Are you superstitious?
Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2014 1:38 pm
13 things you should know about Friday the 13th
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Friday the 13th has sparked off a series of slasher movies titled Friday the 13th.
It's Friday the 13th today. This is perhaps the single, most dreaded date in the entire calendar. So much so that whole superstitions based on Friday the 13th have been created by some imaginative minds. Not just that, a whole series of horror movies have been created simply on the basis of the day and its date - Friday the 13th. Today, the phrase Friday the 13th easily rolls off the tongue in reference to bad luck, strange happenings and a hockey-masked murderer in a slasher flick.
So what's so ominous about Friday the 13th?
Here are 13 things to know about the date:
1. There is no known origin of the phrase Friday the 13th or of the superstitions related to it. However, the first written reference to the date's wickedness appeared in the mid-19th century when William Fowler, a US Army captain, founded the Thirteen Club - a group of 13 men in Manhattan devoted to proving that superstitions were false. Apparently, five former US presidents were honorary members of the club.
Read more at: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/13-t ... 66665.html
IndiaToday.in
Friday the 13th has sparked off a series of slasher movies titled Friday the 13th.
It's Friday the 13th today. This is perhaps the single, most dreaded date in the entire calendar. So much so that whole superstitions based on Friday the 13th have been created by some imaginative minds. Not just that, a whole series of horror movies have been created simply on the basis of the day and its date - Friday the 13th. Today, the phrase Friday the 13th easily rolls off the tongue in reference to bad luck, strange happenings and a hockey-masked murderer in a slasher flick.
So what's so ominous about Friday the 13th?
Here are 13 things to know about the date:
1. There is no known origin of the phrase Friday the 13th or of the superstitions related to it. However, the first written reference to the date's wickedness appeared in the mid-19th century when William Fowler, a US Army captain, founded the Thirteen Club - a group of 13 men in Manhattan devoted to proving that superstitions were false. Apparently, five former US presidents were honorary members of the club.
Read more at: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/13-t ... 66665.html