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This will be the first of a 7 part study of the days of the week.

Where did "Friday" come from? From Wikipedia and other sources:

The name Friday comes from the Old English frigedæg, meaning "the day of Frige." The word "Frige" is the Anglo-Saxon form of Frigg, which is a West Germanic translation of Latin "dies Veneris," or "day (of the planet) Venus."

So saying, "Happy friggin Friday" is a little redundant.

In Norse mythology. Friday is named for Frigga, the free-spirited goddess of love and fertility.

In some cultures, Friday is considered unlucky. This is particularly so in maritime circles; perhaps the most enduring sailing superstition is that it is unlucky to begin a voyage on a Friday.

Though Friday has always been held an unlucky day in many Christian countries, still in the Hebrides it is supposed that it is a lucky day for sowing the seed. Good Friday in particular is a favorite day for potato planting—even strict Roman Catholics make a point of planting a bucketful on that day.

In modern times, Friday the 13th (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_the_13th) is considered to be especially unlucky, due to the conjunction of Friday with the unlucky number thirteen.

Many of you who watched/read "The Da Vinci Code" may have learned that Friday the 13th was when the King Phillip ordered that the Knights Templar be massacred. This myth is but one of many other explanations - none of which really stand out as truthful.

There are conflicting studies about the risk of accidents on Friday the 13th. The Dutch Centre for Insurance Statistics (CVS) on June 12, 2008, stated that "fewer accidents and reports of fire and theft occur when the 13th of the month falls on a Friday than on other Fridays, because people are preventatively more careful or just stay home; but statistically speaking, driving is a little bit safer on Friday 13th; in the last two years, Dutch insurers received reports of an average 7,800 traffic accidents each Friday; but the average figure when the 13th fell on a Friday was just 7,500.

However, a 1993 study in the British Medical Journal that compared the ratio of traffic accidents between Friday the 6th and Friday the 13th, stated that there is a significant increase in traffic-related accidents on Fridays the 13th.
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In modern times, Friday the 13th (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_the_13th) is considered to be especially unlucky, due to the conjunction of Friday with the unlucky number thirteen.

I can attest to this. I met my X on a Friday 13th and then married him on a Friday 13th. I'm certain he would the same. Beware Friday 13th!

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