Friday the 13th and the Templars

[Barbara Need]

For some cultures, it is Tuesday the 13th! Or it was when I was in Paraguay
at the end of the 70s--and I never knew why.

And then there is Churchy (Cherchez Lafemme) of Pogo fame for whom the 13th
day was unlucky, no matter what day it fell on (this month, Friday the 13th
will fall on a Saturday!).

Barbara

Barbara Need


On 12/1/08, Mark Mandel <thnidu at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Uhh... no, and I apologize for the mistake. I meant only Fri. the 13th
> as unlucky.
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> Mark Mandel
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> On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 5:23 PM, Baker, John <JMB at stradley.com> wrote:
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> >        Mark, are you saying that you yourself remember that in the
> > 1950s it was already claimed that Friday the 13th was supposed to be
> > unlucky because of the Knights Templar incident?  That's much earlier
> > than I would have guessed.
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> > John Baker
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