Friday the 13th sounds unlucky ? Superstition ?

A Friday occurring on the 13th day of any month is considered to be a day of bad luck in English and Portuguese-speaking cultures around the world. And similar superstitions exist in some other traditions.

Some people are so paralyzed by fear that they are simply unable to get out of bed when Friday the 13th rolls around. The Stress Management Center and Phobia Institute estimates that more than 17 million people are affected by a fear of this day.

But somebody did win money, check out the news on CNN.com :

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/10/18/lottery.win/index.html


Try your luck on the coming Friday 13th, any month and any year. Who knows it will be your turn.

Welcome to the board.. .interesting read really. I had no idea that many people really seriously were worried about Friday the 13th

It even has a name! Those who fear Friday the 13th are said to have paraskavedekatriaphobia.

Just the NAME of that phobia scares me.

Did they really need TWENTY-THREE letters (yep, I counted 'em!) to describe this "fear"??


sunspun

How does "paraskavedekatriaphobia" translate into "fear of Friday the 13th" ?

Can't believe that many people are actually afraid of a day that they cant get out of bed, now thats just funny :p