1. The name “Friday” originates from
the Norse goddess Freya.
The day was devoted to the goddess
of fertility, Freya – Freitag – Friday. We
have no reliable information on whether
this is a good day for… making babies. We know
that babies have the highest
probability of being born in the middle of
the week. 2. Friday is sometimes also called
POETS Day.
The abbreviation comes from “Piss Off
Early Tomorrow’s Saturday”. 3. In astrology,
Friday is connected to
the planet Venus.
The symbol for Friday is also that of a
woman (♀). 4. On Black Friday, an astonishing
12%
of consumers are under theinfluence
of alcohol.
That might go a way to explain why
Black Friday in the USA is the biggest
shopping day, outdoing the day before Christmas
by a wide margin. 5. If you are scared of Friday
the 13th,
you may
haveparaskavedekatriaphobia.
That is the scientific term for your fear.
Friday the 13th is very costly for
society – according to research by psychologist
Donald Dossey America
looses $ 900 as a result of productivity
decline. It costs to be superstitious! 6. Friday is a
day off for all Muslims.
This is the day on which the world is to
come to an end according to Islam. 7. In
maritime circles, it has long been
considered unlucky to begin a voyage
on a Friday.
So much so, that there circulates a
story about a ship named HMS Friday: “Sometime
in the 19th century, the
Royal Navy attempted to finally dispel
the old superstition among sailors that
beginning a voyage on a Friday was
certain to bring bad luck. To
demonstrate the falseness of this belief, they
decided to commission a
ship named HMS Friday. Her keel was
laid on a Friday, she was launched on a
Friday, and she set sail on her maiden
voyage on Friday the 13th, under the
command of a Captain James Friday. She was
never seen or heard from
again.
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