Today is Friday the 13th — the most unlucky day of the year, at least in some people’s minds. If you fear Friday the 13th, you suffer from friggatriskaidekaphobia. The bad news is that all years will have at least one Friday the 13th, but the good new is that there cannot be more than three Friday the 13ths in any given calendar year. The longest time between Friday the 13ths is 14 months.
For a Friday the 13th to occur in a specific month, that month must start on a Sunday. Whenever a year begins on a Thursday, that year’s February, March, and November are guaranteed to have a Friday the 13th. If January 1st of a leap year is a Sunday, then January, April and July will each have a Friday the 13th in them.
Nobody really knows why Friday the 13th is feared so much as an unlucky day, but there are tons of theories. If Friday the 13th makes you uneasy, you may want to practice some of these well accepted things that keep bad luck from finding you…. like, knock on wood, find a four-leaf clover, avoid cracks in the sidewalk, or find a lucky penny on the street — you know what they say…
Find a penny
pick it up
and all the day
you’ll have good luck.
And — you can always just keep your fingers crossed.
Anyhow, happy Friday the 13th — and, good luck!
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