Yet another Friday the 13th is upon us, following a very tumultuous Thursday the 12th. That begs the question; do you associate any superstition with this supposedly spooky day? Last November I went golfing on Friday the 13th and was very nearly crushed by a golf cart on the very first hole. Then after the 18th hole, I saw Conservative MP Andrew Saxton in the parking lot of the Northlands Golf and Country Club. We later nicknamed that day "The Nightmare at Northlands."
According to the DaVinci Code, the mythical aura of Friday the 13th as a superstitious day was born when the Catholic Church supposedly rounded up and killed many of the Knights Templar, who were allegedly guarding some secret unearthed in the Holy Land. Others associate the day solely through the Jason horror movies.
Have you had any "freaky" occurrences happen to you on a Friday the 13th?
Nothing "freaky" to report that's happened to me. But here is some Friday the 13th trivia:
ReplyDeleteIt turns out that every year has at least one Friday the 13th. The largest possible number of Friday the 13ths in one year is three.
Surprisingly, it turns out that a 13th is slightly more likely to fall on a Friday than any other day [14.33 % of the time, historically]. This happens because the leap year rules make some patterns of weekdays happen more often than others.