It is also said that people are fearful of driving that the rate of accidents on this day of superstition is lower than any other.

It is one of the most feared days of the year. It is a superstition about a day of good or bad luck and derives from Greek words meaning “Friday, thirteen, fear”. There is no evidence for a “Friday the 13th” superstition before the 19th century. The earliest known source of such a superstition was in 1869 biography of Gioachino Rossini. However, many believe that the superstition had been passed down by oral tradition.


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How The Fear Of Friday the 13th Began . . .

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