Here’s Why Friday The 13th Is Considered Unlucky
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 02: A black cat that ran onto the pitch looks on during the Premier League match between Everton FC and Wolverhampton Wanderers at Goodison Park on February 2, 2019 in Liverpool, United Kingdom. (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images)
Watch out for any black cats, avoid breaking mirrors, and make sure you don’t walk under any ladders; it’s Friday the 13th. But what makes people so superstitious on this day?
Biblical claims and stories about knights in the middle ages have been debunked, notes CNN, who attributes the hysteria to a book written in 1907 by Thomas W. Lawson titled, Friday The Thirteenth.
Perhaps the movie franchise by the same name didn’t help either, as Gallup found in the 90s that 1-in-4 Americans consider themselves superstitious.
But it isn’t all bad news. Apparently airline tickets drop in price on Friday the 13th.
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