HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF "PARASKEVIDEKATRIAPHOBIA".............???
The fear of Friday the 13th is called "paraskevidekatriaphobia",a word derived from the concatenation of the Greek words Paraskeví (meaning Friday), and dekatreís (meaning thirteen), attached to phobía (from phóbos , meaning fear). The term triskaidekaphobia derives from the Greek words "tris", meaning 'three', "kai", meaning 'and', and "deka", meaning 'ten'. The word was derived in 1911 and first appeared in a mainstream source in 1953.
Friday the 13th occurs when the thirteenth day of a month falls on Friday, which superstition holds to be a day of bad luck. In the Gregorian calendar, this day occurs at least once, but at most three times a year. Any month's 13th day will fall on a Friday if the month starts on a Sunday. In 2010 this applies to just one month - August. The same will apply (although in May) for 2011.
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