Kalau ada orang yang takut pada Friday the 13th,
sayalah salah satunya. Waktu lalu Ny. Lakadia
mengundang saya dan istri untuk makan malam dengan
dokter Udwadia di Radio Club, Colaba, Bombay. Hari
yang direncanakan mestinya hari ini, Friday the 13th.
Saya tolak, jadinya acara diajukan jadi tanggal 10
Agustus yang lalu. Ya, saya ingat kejadian Semanggi
II yang kejam itu terjadinya juga Friday the 13th.
Takhayul atau tidak, pokoknya saya menjauhi Friday the
13th.
Orang Yunani nekad, membuka Olimpiade pada hari ini
Jum'at, tanggal 13 Agustus 2004.
Salam,
RM
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Greece not bothered about Friday the 13th
Henri du Plessis
August 12 2004 at 10:08AM
If you suffer from paraskevidekatriaphobia, you should
stay in bed on Friday.
And if that's all Greek to you, don't worry - the term
has its origin in their ancient tongue and refers to
fear of the date Friday the 13th.
Fortunately, while they might know its meaning, the
Greeks do not harbour such fears, and that's why
they're quite happy for the Athens Olympics to start
on Friday.
"It is simple really," said a source at the Greek
consulate in Cape Town.
'It was a very clever plot'
"While all other countries fear Friday the 13th, we
don't. So if we start the Olympic Games on Friday,
that is the day when we can win all the medals," she
said.
"It was a very clever plot."
The Greeks do have a problem with Tuesday 13th,
however - a superstition said to stem from the fact
that the city of Constantinople officially fell to the
Turks on a Tuesday the 13th in 1453.
According to folklorist David Emery of the United
States, writing on the website urbanlegends.com, the
fear of Friday the 13th is the most widespread
superstition in the world.
In the US, sufferers of paraskevidekatriaphobia may
number as many as 21 million.
'Some people won't go to work on that day'
"Some people won't go to work on that day, some won't
eat in restaurants, many wouldn't even consider
setting a wedding on the date," he said.
He also referred to a study in the British Medical
Journal which said people reported finding themselves
in hospital due to accidents significantly more often
on Friday the 13th than on any other day.
The fear of Friday the 13th is said to have originated
in medieval times, with superstitions surrounding the
last supper of Christ and witchery at its roots.
Paraskevidekatriaphobia is fear of the date Friday
13th, while triskidekaphobia is the fear of the number
13.
Paraskevidekatriaphobia is a term coined by US
psychotherapist Dr Donald Dossey, who said if you
could pronounce it you would be cured of it.
This article was originally published on page 1 of
Cape Argus on August 12, 2004
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