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Taltarzac725
04-13-2012, 07:10 AM
Friday the 13th - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_the_13th)

http://urbanlegends.about.com/cs/historical/a/friday_the_13th_4.htm

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1879288,00.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/13/friday-the-13th-history-a_n_681152.html#s51638&title=No_room_in

Very noisy-- http://www.brownielocks.com/fridaythe13th.html

Here is a link to the 1907 novel Friday the Thirteenth by Thomas W. Lawson which really made this superstition about Friday the 13th so infamous in the US. Mostly due to the marketing campaign and popularity of the book. http://www.gutenberg.org/files/12345/12345-h/12345-h.htm

Taltarzac725
07-13-2012, 07:34 AM
Friday the 13th - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_the_13th)

Why Friday the 13th Is Unlucky [p. 4] (http://urbanlegends.about.com/cs/historical/a/friday_the_13th_4.htm)

A Brief History of Friday the 13th - TIME (http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1879288,00.html)

The 13 WEIRDEST Friday The 13th Superstitions (PHOTOS) (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/13/friday-the-13th-history-a_n_681152.html#s51638&title=No_room_in)

Very noisy-- Friday the 13th History & Cartoon Fun by Brownielocks (http://www.brownielocks.com/fridaythe13th.html)

Here is a link to the 1907 novel Friday the Thirteenth by Thomas W. Lawson which really made this superstition about Friday the 13th so infamous in the US. Mostly due to the marketing campaign and popularity of the book. Friday, the Thirteenth, by Thomas W. Lawson (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/12345/12345-h/12345-h.htm)

Putting on my tinfoil hat for a few seconds anyway.

CaptJohn
07-13-2012, 10:37 AM
Thanks for that info. I wondered where that superstition came from.