Friday the 13th - Spooky or spectacular?

Well it always comes doesn't it?, Friday the 13th and love it or loathe it there is no escaping it, its here and we all just have to get on with it. So why is it so feared? Apparently the sixth day of the week (Friday) and the number 13 are considered unlucky , so to combine them you have double trouble, or so it was thought. Friday was also the day that traditionally executions took place so it was considered to be most unlucky and also called Hangman's Day.

The number 13 is also associated with the Last Supper and as Judas the traitor was the 13th person so the superstition continues, and it is not just in the Christian faith , Hindus also consider a gathering of 13 to be unlucky too so the number 13 seems to be an issue with many faiths and religions. In fact fear of Friday the 13th even has a name ( if you can pronounce it!), its paraskavedekatriaphobia ,

I'm going to be more positive about Friday the 13th as today we will be sowing the last field of Winter crops, after a very long and hard season we are finally coming to an end so I think that today can be a cause for celebration. The weather is fine, the field has been cultivated and is ready to be sown and then the crop rolled in. There's still lots to be done here on the farm but at least if all of the Winter crops are sown things that are left to be done are not as urgent and the weather does not have such a big impact.

I'm off to do some jobs after walking both dogs and have had a few meaningful looks from birds on the kitchen windowsill so I am assuming that the feeders need to be attended to, and I'm sure that Friday 13th has little or no significance to the birds or animals so maybe we should be a little more like them and not get so stressed about a date in the calendar,I for one will be celebrating today if the corn all gets sown, Friday 13th could be a very good day. I hope you all have a great day too and maybe your Friday 13th won't be as dreadful as you had feared.

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