Friday 13th

If you're a believer in superstitions, then Friday 13th could

be your unlucky day, but remember, it's simply a superstition,

and nothing more.

Some people take them very seriously, but there is no factual

evidence that anything will happen to you. Nonetheless, super-

stitions are still believed by many.

As we all know , Friday the 13th is always considered an unlucky

day. In fact the No. 13 is considered so unlucky that many hotels

and office buildings don't have a 13th floor or room, but why do

so many feel that this No. is so unlucky ??

It's been told in the Bible that Adam and Eve were expelled from the

Garden of Eden on a Friday.

The flood that Noah had to build an ark for also began on a Friday.

Christians also believe that Friday was the day that witches held their

satanic ceremonies, and they believed that 12 witches and 1 devil (are

there more?) would meet every Friday making the No. 13 a cursed

combination.

Has anyone ever said "Bless you" or "Gesundheit" when you sneeze?

I've often wondered why we say that to people who sneeze.

A long time ago, in the 6th Century, people would congratulate

others who sneezed, because it was believed that they were

getting rid of evil from their bodies.

But then a plague or sickness ravaged Europe, and people began

sneezing violently. Because sneezing became a sign that people

were extremely sick and might die, the Pope passed a law that re-

quired people to bless the sneezer so they would end up in Heaven !

BREAKING A MIRROR: Seven years of bad luck if you break a

mirror, or so the superstition says.

That's a long time to believe that you have bad luck, but the truth

behind this one is,

Long before mirrors were invented, people used to see their reflections

in pools of water, they believed this reflection to be their soul or their

other self, and they believed that any interference with the other self

would injure it.

Hence when mirrors were invented, and they were broken, it

was thought that the other self was harmed.

But where did this 7 year thing come in ?

The Roman belief was that life renewed itself every 7 years, and

since a mirror means "broken" health, it was believed that the person

who broke it would need 7 years to recover.

I'm not a very superstitious person, but if and when a black cat should

suddenly appear next to me on the road, I won't freeze

in my tracks or I won't lock myself away for the rest of the

day.

As a child, I purposely walked under ladders (the truth is, I

still do, ha ha)

BUT, I have the greatest fear of breaking a mirror (I can hear you

all laughing!)

Perhaps it's because I have broken one or two mirrors in

my days, but strangely enough, directly after the unpleasant

experience, and clearing away the remains of broken mirror pieces,

I've had a stroke of bad luck _________ Truth or Fiction ?

But that's another story for a rainy day !

No matter what, I want to wish you all a very good Friday 13th.

Just remember TGIF (Thank God it's Friday)