Friday, November 13, 2009

Friday the 13th Five

Over at RevGalBlogPals, Sophia writes:

The fear of Friday the 13th is called paraskevidekatriaphobia, a word derived from the concatenation of the Greek words Paraskeví (Παρασκευή) (meaning Friday), and dekatreís (δεκατρείς) (meaning thirteen), attached to phobía (φοβία) (meaning fear). The term triskaidekaphobia derives from the Greek words "tris", meaning 'three', "kai", meaning 'and', and "deka", meaning 'ten'. the whole word means three and ten. The word was derived in 1911 and first appeared in a mainstream source in 1953.
(Wikipedia)

1. How is this Friday the 13th looking for you? It's looking okay... so far... (cue the creepy music!). I'm working from home, and I need to make another specimen delivery to the vet on behalf of Tuesday and her problem. Might take her in, too, just because she lived there before we adopted her and they love seeing her.

2. Have you ever had anything unlucky happen on Friday the 13th? Not that I can remember at the moment.

3. Did your family of origin embrace or scorn superstitions? Mostly scorned them. My brother is a 13th-of-the-month baby, turned 13 on Friday the 13th, and considered it his lucky day.

4. Are there any unique or amusing ones from your family, region, or ethnic background? When I worked at a flower shop in college, I arrived at the store one morning while my boss was nibbling on a donut. I didn't think anything of it; she often ate breakfast there. But as she threw away the napkin she said, "Okay, now I've had breakfast so I can tell you about my dream." Before I heard her account of the strange dream, I made her explain what she meant. Turns out there was a superstition I hadn't heard of before: If you tell someone about your dream before breakfast, it will come true. Her dream had been bizarre and she didn't want it to happen in real life. The funniest thing about this one: I now tend to wait until after breakfast to tell anyone about my dreams!

5. Do you love or hate horror movies like "Friday the 13th"? I can do without them. I enjoy a suspenseful movie, but don't really care for the gore of the horror genre.

8 comments:

Auntie Knickers said...

I actually heard that superstition somewhere as "If you tell a dream before breakfast, it will come true before supper." Great play, and best wishes for Tuesday this Friday!

Dr. Laura Marie Grimes said...

Love the dream superstition! New to me.

Jan said...

Nice to hear about your brother's birthday.

realsarah said...

Huh! I never heard about the dream superstition! How interesting...but what if you can't remember that far after you wake up? Guess you'd better eat breakfast RIGHT AWAY! :-D

Barbara B. said...

I hadn't heard the dream superstition, but maybe that can give me an excuse to eat donuts now in the morning? :)

Deb said...

Awwww - sweet Tuesday. Hope peeing progresses appropriately.

And I loved the dream superstition. I'd never heard that!

LutheranChik said...

Your #4 reminds me of an old saw I heard in our family: "Laugh before breakfast, cry before supper." Which, if it were true, would mean I'd be crying every day of my life! I'm happy to report that IS an old wives' tale.

RevAnne said...

I didn't even manage this f5-computer crashed as I was working on it. Sigh.
Hope Tuesday's getting better!