Twelve is the number of completion leaving 13 on the outskirts. On Friday October 13, 1307, Philip IV of France arrested hundreds of the Knights Templar and systematically slaughtered them. In the New Testament there were 13 people present for Jesus’s last super which took place on the day before Christ’s crucifixion, Good Friday.Ĭhaucer made reference to the unluckiness of the day in the Canterbury Tales stating that it was bad luck to start a journey or a project on a Friday. Some historians have claimed it was the day Eve bit the apple, the great flood began and possibly when the Tower of Babel was started. But a few things pushed it beyond that gentle superstition. The n umber 13 has been considered unlucky since before Jesus walked the earth. Do you know why Friday the 13th is considered unlucky? I did a little research and here’s what I discovered. Happy Bad Luck Day! Isn’t that what Friday the 13th is?
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