Touchwood! It’s Friday the 13th!!!!
February 12th, 2009 by kajaipriyaHa, don’t deny. How many of you / us have done that? Touchwood, and there you go, quickly scanning the room for something, anything that is made of wood.. and the best part, when you don’t find something that is wooden, you go and touch your bloody head! Who on earth does that? Well .. err me?
Today is Friday the 13th. Some people say it’s a day of bad luck, Wiki, my good friend says:
According to folklorists, there is no written evidence for a “Friday the 13th” superstition before the 19th century.[3][4][5] The earliest known documented reference in English occurs in an 1869 biography of Gioachino Rossini:
[Rossini] was surrounded to the last by admiring and affectionate friends; and if it be true that, like so many other Italians, he regarded Friday as an unlucky day, and thirteen as an unlucky number, it is remarkable that on Friday, the 13th of November, he died.[6]
However, some folklore is passed on through oral traditions. In addition, “determining the origins of superstitions is an inexact science, at best. In fact, it’s mostly guesswork.”[7] Consequently, several theories have been proposed about the origin of the Friday the 13th superstition.
Ermmm yeah okay, we got that cleared out. Anyway, no matter where you are from, Transylvania or Tasmania (huh?), we all believe in superstition
You see a black cat cross the road and you spit 3 times, don’t walk under the ladder, don’t cut your nails on a Thursday.. and the list goes on.
Here is my take, I was brought up my Granny and she taught me almost everything that I need to know to start a book on superstitiousness (is that even a word?) but I do practise it.
Many people believe that 13 is a bad number, hence you can still see buildings here in Malaysia where you don’t find floor 13, but you have 12A. So does that mean if you were born on a Friday the 13th, you are doomed for life? Aiyoh, let’s not even go there ![]()
So with today being Friday the 13th, does that mean you are not allowed to go out late today scared that the ghosts are after you? Or maybe, perhaps, just perhaps Rihanna’s ill fate was caused by the fact that she planned a concert on the night of Friday the 13th here in Malaysia? See… even the concert is cursed!
Part of my rantings, I open to you all.. Any superstitious stuff you guys believe in, please leave it on comment, sms or email me. Would love to add on to the already enourmous list of mine ![]()
Have a good Scary Friday night peeps!