Watch out – it’s Friday 13th today!
Does that put shivers of fear down your spine?
Or is it just a load of superstitious claptrap as far as you’re concerned?
Some folks have a genuine fear of Friday 13th and hide under the bedcovers all day to avoid ladders, mirrors, black cats, doppelgängers and machete-wielding murderers in hockey-masks.
It’s a real condition called ‘Paraskevidekatriaphobia’. Folks in the US take the unlucky number 13 seriously enough and you won’t find many hotels or offices with a 13th floor.
13 September, 2019.
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