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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Angcuru" data-source="post: 2248175" data-attributes="member: 10948">Friday the 13th is the day that Kind Philip le Belle of France ordered the imprisoment (and in many cases, the subsequent execution) of every member of the Knights Templar on fabricated charges of blasphemy, heresy, etc.  He was indebted to them, and in order the avoid the debt he simply got rid of them.  As the Knights Templar were revered as devout defenders of the faith, and the populace is gullible, this was seen as an evil omen, and from then on the day was considered cursed.To this day, people associate Friday the 13th with bad luck and general unlucky happenings.  When bad things do happen on this day, they immediately associate the occurance with this common superstition, lending popular credibility to it.  As many people have a great fear of the day, they become anxious/nervous when it arrives, increasing the likelyhood that an unfortunate happenstance will occur.  This sudden and dramatic increase in negative thoughts and emotions is often somatisized, resulting in slight illness.  When it does, it is of course blamed on Friday the 13th.Studies back up the common idea that accidents are more common on Friday the 13th.  This is to be expected.  If everyone has hightened anxiety on a particular day, that day will experience more automobile accidents, trippings into mud puddles, etc.It's a myth based upon a historical event. Nothing more, nothing less.</blockquote>

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