Why is Friday 13th unlucky?

LEVEL: Intermediate

Both the number 13 and the day Friday have been thought unlucky for hundreds of years - so Friday 13th is particularly unlucky! One of our favourite sites, Factmonster, has a fact sheet about it. Or try How Stuff Works

Did you know fear of the number 13 is known as triskaidekaphobia and fear of Friday the 13th is paraskevidekatriaphobia