Superstitions

I am not really superstitious at all if anything i think that Friday the 13 is a good day because my favorite number is 13 and its Friday whats so wrong with that? I think that I'm not superstitious because i see my mom and my grandma used to be superstitious and they seem like idiots because they are so stupid about it mom wont even pick up her own glove if she drops it because "its bad luck" she has ligitly left her glove places just so she doesn't have to pick it up which is just ridiculous!

With the aim of mapping "the relation between health, behaviour, and superstition surrounding Friday 13th in the United Kingdom," its authors compared the ratio of traffic volume to the number of automobile accidents on two different days, Friday the 6th and Friday the 13th, over a period of years.
Incredibly, they found that in the region sampled, while consistently fewer people chose to drive their cars on Friday the 13th, the number of hospital admissions due to vehicular accidents was significantly higher than on "normal" Fridays. Their conclusion:
"Friday 13th is unlucky for some. The risk of hospital admission as a result of a transport accident may be increased by as much as 52 percent. Staying at home is recommended." http://www.about.com/

 Thirteen is significant to Christians because it is the number of people who were present at the Last Supper (Jesus and his 12 apostles). Judas, the apostle who betrayed Jesus, was the 13th member of the party to arrive, This is why the number 13 is considered to be unlucky!

Good superstitions that i found interesting are if you dream about a white cat you will have good luck, and if a girl drinks salt water before she goes to sleep she will see her future husband in her dream!

Bad superstitions are if a dog howls at night death is near, and if you dream about a dog you will have a lot of enemies.

I have never watched Friday the 13 but apparently the main characters name is Jason!