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RE: Sympathy for Number 13: the Rise and Fall of the Devil’s Dozen
I think the Friday the 13th curse harks back to the Knight's Templar and the day the King of France decided that he would outlaw them and confiscate all their property (because he owed them a lot of money and they had become too powerful).
Also kudos for using the the Sympathy for the Devil quotes - it's one of my favourite Rolling Stones songs.
Yes, I saw that one, too. There are dozens more references to the 13th throughout history...who knows? Thanks for mentioning it.
Yes for sure there are probably lots of things that created the legend of not just unlucky 13 but of Friday the 13th being especially unlucky and made it stick - some that are lost to history too.