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    Why Does Friday The 13 Have Such A Bad Reputation?

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    Friday the 13th is considered an unlucky day in many European countries and cultures due to Christian and pagan influences. Many avoid travel and contracts on this day due to superstitions originating from Jesus' crucifixion on a Friday and there being 13 people at the Last Supper. Additional bad omens associated with Friday the 13th include a French king arresting the Knights Templars and a ship launching on this day never being heard from again, strengthening the superstition. While fading, the superstition of Friday the 13th as an unlucky day remains deeply rooted in various traditions.

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    Friday the 13th is considered an unlucky day in many European countries and cultures due to Christian and pagan influences. Many avoid travel and contracts on this day due to superstitions originating from Jesus' crucifixion on a Friday and there being 13 people at the Last Supper. Additional bad omens associated with Friday the 13th include a French king arresting the Knights Templars and a ship launching on this day never being heard from again, strengthening the superstition. While fading, the superstition of Friday the 13th as an unlucky day remains deeply rooted in various traditions.

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    Friday the 13th is considered an unlucky day in many European countries and cultures due to Christian and pagan influences. Many avoid travel and contracts on this day due to superstitions originating from Jesus' crucifixion on a Friday and there being 13 people at the Last Supper. Additional bad omens associated with Friday the 13th include a French king arresting the Knights Templars and a ship launching on this day never being heard from again, strengthening the superstition. While fading, the superstition of Friday the 13th as an unlucky day remains deeply rooted in various traditions.

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    Friday the 13th is considered an unlucky day in many European countries and cultures due to Christian and pagan influences. Many avoid travel and contracts on this day due to superstitions originating from Jesus' crucifixion on a Friday and there being 13 people at the Last Supper. Additional bad omens associated with Friday the 13th include a French king arresting the Knights Templars and a ship launching on this day never being heard from again, strengthening the superstition. While fading, the superstition of Friday the 13th as an unlucky day remains deeply rooted in various traditions.

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    Friday the 13th is an unlucky day in English-, French- and Portuguese-speaking countries
    around the world, as well as in Austria, Germany, Estonia, Finland, The Netherlands,
    Bulgaria, Denmark, Iceland, Sweden, Norway, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary
    and the Philippines. Similar superstitions exist in some other traditions: in Greece, Romania
    and Spanish-speaking countries, for example, it is Tuesday the 13th that is considered
    unlucky. In Italy, it is Friday the 17th.
    Many people avoid travel and avoid signing contracts on Friday the 13th. Floors in tall
    buildings often skip from 12 to 14. And while the superstition is believed to be fading, it has
    deep roots in both Christian and pagan culture.
    Why does Friday the 13th have such a bad reputation?

    Many Christians have long believed that Friday was unlucky because it was the day
    of the week when Jesus was crucified. The number 13 was believed to bring bad luck
    because there were 13 people at The Last Supper. Judas was the 13th guest.

    Thirteen was also a sinister number in Norse mythology. Loki, one of the most evil of
    the Norse gods, went uninvited to a party for 12 at Valhalla, their heaven. As a result,
    he caused the death of Balder, the god of light, joy, and reconciliation.

    During the Middle Ages, the superstition against Friday the 13th grew. On Friday 13,
    October, 1307, King Philip IV of France ordered the arrest of Jaques de Molay, Grand
    Master of the Knights Templars, the group of people who looked after the Holy Grail.

    In the 18th century, the ship HMS Friday was launched on Friday the 13th. Nobody
    heard from it again. Since then, ships are not usually launched on that date.

    Another modern myth about this unfortunate number says that if you have 13 letters
    in your name you will have the devils luck. An example of this is Jack the Ripper.

    1. Say if these sentences are True or False:


    1.
    2.
    3.
    4.
    5.

    Friday the 13th is not considered a bad luck day all over the world.
    Jesus died on Friday the 13th.
    The superstition of Friday the 13th has only Christian origins.
    Friday the 13th is not a good day to launch new ships.
    Valhalla is a Norse god.

    2. Can you think of other superstitions? Do you believe in them?

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    Answers:
    1.
    1.
    2.
    3.
    4.
    5.

    T
    F
    F
    T
    F

    2.
    Some examples of things which are supposed to bring bad luck:
    Black cats
    Walk under a ladder
    Break a mirror
    Spill salt
    Look at yourself in a mirror by candlelight
    Etc.

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