Superstitions

Superstitions about lucky and unlucky days are just as common as those about numbers, and Friday probably has more than any of them centering about it. In ancient Rome, the sixth day of the week was dedicated to Venus. When the northern nations adopted the Roman method of designating days, they named the sixth day after Frigg or Freya, which was their nearest equivalent to Venus, and hence the name Friday. The Norsemen actually considered Friday the luckiest day of the week; nut the Christians regarded it as the unluckiest. One reason for this is that Christ was crucified on a Friday. The Mohammedans say that Adam was created on a Friday, and according to legend, Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit on a Friday and they died on a Friday. Superstitious people feel that when you combine the unlucky number 13 with the unlucky day Friday, you’ve really got an unlucky day!