What is the myth surrounding Friday The 13th?
The superstitious;
Those that believe in the old banshees and new shoes on the table marlarky, believe that anything bad that will happen, will happen on this significant date.
What's the dealio?
The basic theory from the Salem Lott, stems from Friday being an unlucky day. It is an unlucky day because a few lads in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, started unlucky horse journeys that day. On top of that, the number 13 itself is associated with The Conjuring style cray cray antics. 13 witches in a coven, 13 is the age of witchcraft and all that Pentagram stuff. Eek. Soo, then when you put 2 and 2 together: Friday and 13? Sweet Mother. Shit is goin' down. People change their wedding dates to avoid it, people fall off buses, hit their heads and break their arms. No doubt, they're clumsy anyway but no, it's Friday The 13th's fault.
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Of course, Hollywood is all over it. Jason. The only name ya need to hear to scare the bejaysus out of you on the scary biccies day. Friday The 13th is a slasher...RI RI RIIII (Psycho noise), film that is the ultimate go-to original, scary Mary. Jason is a big bad killer, who just so happens to whip his machete around on that date. Bad luck for the campers. Spoof film, Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday The Thirteenth , mocks Jason and the unlucky day. Which kind of highlights how ridiculous it all is.
Although, it's not that ridiculous for Tupac fans, as the gargantuan rapper died on Friday September 13th. Also, those inflicted with the unfortunate, "Paraskevidekatriaphobics" - yaha- the fear of Friday The Thirteenth, don't see it as ridiculous.
For others it's lucky. Good old, T.S, Taylor Swift writes "13" on her hand before her concerts, cringe. Suggesting, no wait, it's not unlucky afterall. And Crunchie chocolate, made our Friday's a lucky, pre-drinking day, "thank Crunchie" for that. So it's all in our heads really, you can still go into work and drive your car. But just watch out for that leprechaun at the bottom of your drive. Psyche.
