Christian Science Monitor
| almost 3 years ago
Stories Fears of Friday the 13th usually revolve around personal injury, but studies have shown no reliable relation between Friday the 13ths and rates of car accidents or other serious damages. However, a 1987 study by two finance professors at the...
Courier & Press
| almost 3 years ago
Today's that great knock on wood day, when the superstitious among us avoid ladders, black cats, broken mirrors, the 13th floor of buildings, driver's exams and hair appointments...So, if you're a baseball player and you see a cross-eyed woman, spit...
The Naples Daily News
| almost 3 years ago
Today is Friday the 13th a day when many people refuse to travel, invest in the stock market or gamble. The number 13 is often associated with the macabre, like many skyscrapers not having a 13th floor. Another example is Alice Belin Flagg's grave at...
Courier & Press
| almost 3 years ago
It's estimated that some 17-21 million Americans share your apprehension, and so many stay home on this day that it costs U.S. businesses about $900 million every time it pops up on the calendar. Friggatriskaidekaphobia is fear of Friday the 13th,...
