print email comment close Friday the 13th URL: http://www.snopes.com/luck/friday13.asp Description: Information about the origins of the superstition about Friday the 13th as an unlucky day in Western culture. "[T]those who suffer from a fear of the number thirteen (triskaidekaphobia) or a fear of Friday the 13th (paraskevidekatriaphobia) may genuinely feel limited by the rumored potential for ill luck connected with the date." Features quotations dating back to the 17th century. From the Urban Legends Reference Pages. Publisher: Urban Legends References Pages Extra Keywords thirteenth Library of Congress Subject Headings: Folklore Friday the thirteenth Special days Superstition LII Database Information: Record 11236 created by Maria Brandt on 05/02/2005 Last modification on 05/09/2005 Last review by Charlotte Bagby on 03/09/2006 Published: 05/02/2005   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/11236