The Blog » Superstitions http://corunablog.com learn English and have fun! Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:58:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Friday 13th. Unlucky for some… http://corunablog.com/2009/11/13/friday-13th-unlucky-for-some/ http://corunablog.com/2009/11/13/friday-13th-unlucky-for-some/#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:00:12 +0000 Conchi http://theblog.coruna.es/?p=322 friday 13Today is Friday the 13th which in English speaking countries is regarded as unlucky. This supesrstition began before the 19th century. Nowadays,  some people continue to take it very seriously and avoid travelling or planning events on this day. The fear of Friday the 13th is called paraskevidekatriaphobia – (that’s a difficult word in any language!!!)

The next session of The Blog will be on Thursday 19th November at Monte Alto Library and Friday 20th at Castrillón Library and we will be looking into superstitions and scary things…ooooohhhh!!!

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