NOV. 6, 1964
Steer clear of friday 13th
According to Norse myths, twelve witches and the devil met weekly on Friday, "witches' sabbeth." This is one reason for the unlucky superstition of Friday the thirteenth.
Primitive people set Friday aside as the day of worship. Those who worked instead of worshipped were subject to bad fortune.
The taboo of thirteen goes back to the time when man first learned to count. By counting his ten fingers and including
If you are superstitious about the number thirteen, look at the back of a dollar bill minted since 1935. You will see an incomplete pyramid with thirteen steps. The American bald eagle has an olive branch of thirteen leaves and thirteen berries in one claw and thirteen arrows in the other. The number thirteen symbolizes the thirteen colonies.