On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 11:26 AM, Anne LaVin <[email protected]> wrote:
> you're dealing with superstitions about *luck*, and then all sorts of > things are possible. Consider the practice of avoiding the number 4, one of > the pronunciations of which sounds like the root of words related to death. > This extends to things like never giving a gift of a set of 4 things > (teacups and stuff all come in 5's in Japan!) and the like... Fours of all > sorts are avoided just the way 13 is avoided in the West. > > Anne > This reminds me of a story I read somewhere (fictional story) where an unlucky boy had something bad happen, and the class tried to fold 1000 cranes for him... but they ended up only folding 444. -- John Fiala www.jcfiala.net
