Trivia for Squiggle #13
We're at a baker's dozen with these trivia thingies! Today's issue of Trivia for Squiggle is a special superstition edition with thirteen bits about the number 13 or Friday the 13th and the remaining twelve being general superstitions (which aren't really trivia, but hey, I've got a theme going on here!)... It would be awesome if I actually posted this on a Friday the 13th, but I guess I didn't plan this all out that well...hehehe
301. There is a Norse myth about 12 gods having a dinner party at Valhalla, their heaven. In walked the uninvited 13th guest, the mischievous Loki. Once there, Loki arranged for Hoder, the blind god of darkness, to shoot Balder the Beautiful, the god of joy and gladness, with a mistletoe-tipped arrow. Balder died and the Earth got dark. The whole Earth mourned.
302. There is a Biblical reference to the unlucky number 13. Judas, the apostle who betrayed Jesus, was the 13th guest to the Last Supper.
303. A particularly bad Friday the 13th occurred in the middle ages. On a Friday the 13th in 1306, King Philip of France arrested the revered Knights Templar and began torturing them, marking the occasion as a day of evil.
304. In ancient Rome, witches reportedly gathered in groups of 12. The 13th was believed to be the devil.
305. Both Friday and the number 13 were once closely associated with capital punishment. In British tradition, Friday was the conventional day for public hangings, and there were supposedly 13 steps leading up to the noose.
306. It is traditionally believed that Eve tempted Adam with the apple on a Friday. Tradition also has it that the Flood in the Bible, the confusion at the Tower of Babel, and the death of Jesus Christ all took place on Friday.
307. Numerologists consider 12 a "complete" number. There are 12 months in a year, 12 signs of the zodiac, 12 gods of Olympus, 12 labors of Hercules, 12 tribes of Israel, and 12 apostles of Jesus. In exceeding 12 by 1, 13's association with bad luck has to do with just being a little beyond completeness.
308. Italians omit the number 13 from their national lottery.
309. On streets in Florence, Italy, the house between number 12 and 14 is addressed as 12 and a half.
310. More than 80 percent of high-rises lack a 13th floor.
311. Airplanes have no 13th aisle.
312. In France, socialites known as the quatorziens (fourteeners) once made themselves available as 14th guests to keep a dinner party from an unlucky fate.
313. If you have 13 letters in your name, you will have the devil's luck . Jack the Ripper, Charles Manson, Jeffrey Dahmer, Theodore Bundy and Albert De Salvo all have 13 letters in their names.
314. Seeing an ambulance is very unlucky unless you pinch your nose or hold your breath until you see a black or a brown dog.
315. If you say good-bye to a friend on a bridge, you will never see each other again.
316. Do not lean a broom against a bed. The evil spirits in the broom will cast a spell on the bed.
317. If a black cat walks towards you, it brings good fortune, but if it walks away, it takes the good luck with it.
318. It is bad luck to light three cigarettes with the same match.
319. If a woman is buried in black, she will return to haunt the family.
320. If a dead person's eyes are left open, he'll find someone to take with him.
321. A knife as a gift from a lover means that the love will soon end.
322. A wish will come true if you make it while burning onions.
323. Pulling out a gray or white hair will cause ten more to grow in its place.
324. If 3 people are photographed together, the one in the middle will die first.
325. Lettuce is believed to have magical and healing properties, including the power to arouse love and counteract the effects of wine.
"Leslie escaped with a chicken?!?"
301. There is a Norse myth about 12 gods having a dinner party at Valhalla, their heaven. In walked the uninvited 13th guest, the mischievous Loki. Once there, Loki arranged for Hoder, the blind god of darkness, to shoot Balder the Beautiful, the god of joy and gladness, with a mistletoe-tipped arrow. Balder died and the Earth got dark. The whole Earth mourned.
302. There is a Biblical reference to the unlucky number 13. Judas, the apostle who betrayed Jesus, was the 13th guest to the Last Supper.
303. A particularly bad Friday the 13th occurred in the middle ages. On a Friday the 13th in 1306, King Philip of France arrested the revered Knights Templar and began torturing them, marking the occasion as a day of evil.
304. In ancient Rome, witches reportedly gathered in groups of 12. The 13th was believed to be the devil.
305. Both Friday and the number 13 were once closely associated with capital punishment. In British tradition, Friday was the conventional day for public hangings, and there were supposedly 13 steps leading up to the noose.
306. It is traditionally believed that Eve tempted Adam with the apple on a Friday. Tradition also has it that the Flood in the Bible, the confusion at the Tower of Babel, and the death of Jesus Christ all took place on Friday.
307. Numerologists consider 12 a "complete" number. There are 12 months in a year, 12 signs of the zodiac, 12 gods of Olympus, 12 labors of Hercules, 12 tribes of Israel, and 12 apostles of Jesus. In exceeding 12 by 1, 13's association with bad luck has to do with just being a little beyond completeness.
308. Italians omit the number 13 from their national lottery.
309. On streets in Florence, Italy, the house between number 12 and 14 is addressed as 12 and a half.
310. More than 80 percent of high-rises lack a 13th floor.
311. Airplanes have no 13th aisle.
312. In France, socialites known as the quatorziens (fourteeners) once made themselves available as 14th guests to keep a dinner party from an unlucky fate.
313. If you have 13 letters in your name, you will have the devil's luck . Jack the Ripper, Charles Manson, Jeffrey Dahmer, Theodore Bundy and Albert De Salvo all have 13 letters in their names.
314. Seeing an ambulance is very unlucky unless you pinch your nose or hold your breath until you see a black or a brown dog.
315. If you say good-bye to a friend on a bridge, you will never see each other again.
316. Do not lean a broom against a bed. The evil spirits in the broom will cast a spell on the bed.
317. If a black cat walks towards you, it brings good fortune, but if it walks away, it takes the good luck with it.
318. It is bad luck to light three cigarettes with the same match.
319. If a woman is buried in black, she will return to haunt the family.
320. If a dead person's eyes are left open, he'll find someone to take with him.
321. A knife as a gift from a lover means that the love will soon end.
322. A wish will come true if you make it while burning onions.
323. Pulling out a gray or white hair will cause ten more to grow in its place.
324. If 3 people are photographed together, the one in the middle will die first.
325. Lettuce is believed to have magical and healing properties, including the power to arouse love and counteract the effects of wine.
"Leslie escaped with a chicken?!?"
posted by Scott at 9:33 AM
2 Comments:
"318. It is bad luck to light three cigarettes with the same match."
In case you were wondering why this in so unlucky ... Look no further.
In the Great War, snipers would notice the flare off of the match lighting the first cigarette, take aim on the second cigarette being lit and blow the third guys head off.
Go Loki! Who needs Balder? Why is a guy named Balder also named Beautiful? Do that many people go for the shaved head?
"Rum! I never mix my pies."
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