Today is Friday the 13th. Here’s why the date is so dreaded
Friday, October 13, 2017 IST
If you had a bad start to the morning or are not having the best day today, you can blame it on the date. The associations of Friday 13 with misfortune are so popular in cultures across the world (there’s even a word for the fear of Friday the 13th – friggatriskaidekaphobia) that it is quite difficult to pin down the origins of this superstition.
However, there are some theories. Most folklore historians believe that the bad luck associated with the number 13 and historically with Friday gets compounded when the two come together.
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