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Scrabble Day Is April 13

April 13, 2012 by · Comments Off on Scrabble Day Is April 13 

Scrabble Day Is April 13, Ranging from the ancient tradition of carrying a rabbit’s foot to the more modern practice of avoiding the cracks in the pavements, the UK remains a deeply superstitious nation. Research from leading bingo operator galabingo.com found that 8 per cent of Britons believe that Friday 13th* is unlucky meaning that they suffer from a phobia known as Friggatriskaidekaphobia*.

To ward off the misfortune of the day Brits resort to equally bizarre methods to stay lucky:

Top 10 superstitions

Avoid pavement cracks
Knock on wood
Keep fingers crossed
Not walking under ladders
Wear something shaped like a clover
Have a horseshoe in the house
Look out for two magpies
Put your left foot out of bed first
Carry an acorn
10. Carry a rabbit’s foot

With so many people avoiding the cracks in the pavement and not walking under ladders pedestrians’ biggest risk on Friday 13th could be their very own high street.

Danny Mahon, brand manager for galabingo.com said: “If you fear Friday 13th then you are not alone. Why not arm yourself with a good luck charm and face the day with a positive mental attitude. There is probably nothing to fear, here at galabingo.com we have found that Friday 13th can actually be a lucky day to play bingo.”

Friday The 13th Superstitions

April 13, 2012 by · Comments Off on Friday The 13th Superstitions 

Friday The 13th Superstitions, Fear of Friday the 13th may be superstitious to some, but to others, it can be taken to an extreme where it devolves into a debilitating disorder, according to social phobia experts. There even is a clinical term for the phobia: “friggatriskaidekaphobia.”

Queen’s University psychology professor Kate Harkness says extreme fear of Friday the 13th can severely affect work, travel and relationships where people avoid leaving the house on that day.

“There’s nothing wrong with believing that Friday the 13th is an unlucky day, as long as it’s not interfering (with your life),” she said.

The “Friday the 13th” horror movie franchise continues this negative association with the day.

In extreme cases, severe “delusions” about the day or other related superstitions may escalate to become an obsessive compulsive disorder or schizophrenia, Harkness said, and may require treatment through anti-psychotic medication.

But for the most part, the day is pretty harmless, referred to in pop culture as a time associated with bad luck and nothing more, she said.

According to Harkness, pathological types of superstitious behaviour have been associated with higher levels of the brain chemical dopamine. Medication may reduce these dopamine levels, she explained.

Harkness noted that believing in superstitions doesn’t necessarily mean you are suffering from an extreme phobia. For instance, athletes often carry good luck charms, believing they may help them win games. In these instances, superstitions can be used for good to help motivate people.

On the origins of the Friday the 13th superstition, Harkness referred to the medieval classic “The Canterbury Tales” which associated misfortune with occurring on a Friday.

There are other references for tragic events occurring on a Friday, such as the market crash of the Great Depression, ominously known as “Black Friday.” In the Christian tradition, Jesus’s crucifixion was also on a Friday, Harkness said.

In western culture, the number 12 is seen as a number of “completeness,” she added, referring to 12 months of the year and the 12 apostles, with an extra addition seen as breaking that notion of “perfection.” Harkness said negative beliefs about Friday the 13th may have started with people’s lack of scientific knowledge about the natural world where people “developed the ritual of superstition.”

Paraskevidekatriaphobia

August 13, 2010 by · Comments Off on Paraskevidekatriaphobia 

Paraskevidekatriaphobia, Today is Friday the 13th, and while many of us remember the horror film Jason and the thoughts of bad luck, some people are really terrified by date. This is known as paraskevidekatriaphobia, an irrational fear of Friday the 13th. Also known as friggatriskaidekaphobia, triskaidekaphobia.
MedicineNet.com says: “The word” paraskevidekatriaphobia “was devised by Dr. Donald Dossey who told his patients that” when you learn to pronounce it, you’re cured! ”

According to surveys most superstition in America may be related to the Friday the 13th. In other countries things are a little different, and people are superstitious Tuesday 13th. It is believed that this is a day of bad luck that affects us all and causes of accidents and tragedies.

Friggatriskaidekaphobia

August 13, 2010 by · Comments Off on Friggatriskaidekaphobia 

Friggatriskaidekaphobia, Have you ever heard of the word Friggatriskaidekaphobia? Since today is Friday the 13th, many people are afraid to bring bad luck. Other people believe that Friday the 13th is a bad day for all that something bad can really happen. In my opinion, bad luck is something that we believe in ourselves and not brought to us.

Now for the record, people have already created a word for fear of Friday the 13th and is called friggatriskaidekaphobia. Frigga came from the root word which means Friday and triskaidekaphobia or paraskevidekatriaphobia which is derived from the concatenation of three different words Paraskevi (“Friday”), and dekatreĆ­s (“Thirteen”), and phobia (fear).

In fact, Friggatriskaidekaphobia not a new word at all. In fact, this word is a hundred years since its establishment in 1911. People rarely used because its bit difficult to pronounce. Still, many people both young and old have Friggatriskaidekaphobia and I guess the only thing to avoid this fear is to read and then pray and trivia like this post.

I hope that to some extent, this post has lower your Friggatriskaidekaphobia or fear of Friday the 13th.

Triskaidekaphobia

August 13, 2010 by · Comments Off on Triskaidekaphobia 

Triskaidekaphobia, Today is the dreaded ‘Friday the 13th’ and everything to send shivers down your spine while you feel very nervous then chances are high that you could be suffering from Triskaidekaphobia or paraskevidekatriaphobia or friggatriskaidekaphobia. Call his name for months, basically means that the fear or dread of the 13 days of the month for the month falls on a Friday and fear has returned to haunt the superstitious in the world today.

‘Friday the 13th “is a day that much many myths and superstitious beliefs associated with it. According to the Western superstition,” when the 13th of the month falls on Friday, the day believed to be very unlucky, while Fri Friday the Christian ideology is itself to be considered a bad omen, Jesus Christ was crucified on this day of the week. It is at the same time, the number 13 is considered to have negative connotations, one of the WCG hmmmm is the belief that Judas, the disciple of Jesus who is having betrayed what he knew, was the person Thu 13 to sit at the table the Last Supper. Therefore, it is very understandable that “When the 13 days a month and coincides with Friday hat each, is thought to be the epitome of doom.

Can you believe that “Friday the 13th” is that “scientific uncertainty that a particular term has been coined for fear that the bee itself. Is today, many people around the world refrain from starting a new job and prefer auspicious occasion not scheduled for months because of the taboos associated with “Friday the 13th”.

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