Feeling friggatriskaidekaphobic?

By HorseJobs.ca | Published August 13, 2010

Most competitive peope that‚ I know are a little superstitious.‚ Some more than others..I know one Eventer that has “lucky socks”, a Dressage rider who listens to a “lucky playlist” on her ipod before hitting the ring and a showgroom who uses‚ a lucky hoofpick on show days..yes.‚ ‚ that’s right.‚ I said a lucky hoofpick.‚

So what better day to take a look at‚ “A bad luck guide to Friday the 13th.”‚ Courtesy of those stunning images from LIFE magazine’s archives.

Do you have any superstitions?

http://www.life.com/image/50453538/in-gallery/36602/a-bad-luck-guide-to-friday-the-13th

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Did you know that The fear of Friday the 13th is called friggatriskaidekaphobia?‚

frigga, meaning “Friday” and triskaidekaphobia, or paraskevidekatriaphobia, a word derived from the concatenation of the Greek words Paraskevƒ  (meaning “Friday”), and dekatreƒ s (meaning “thirteen”), attached to phobƒ a (from phƒ ³bos meaning “fear”).‚ Thanks to the folks at Wikipedia^{‚ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_the_13th)}

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