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If YOU were thinking of heading out into town tomorrow or perhaps having a game of football, maybe you should think again. In an age of modern technology and scientific advances, many old superstitions have died away but one remains...Friday the 13th.
For mum-of-two Karen Lopez, of Thorntrees Avenue, Lea, Preston, tomorrow is a day to avoid taking any risks if at all possible. Karen, who works as a trainee medical herbalist and astrologer, said Friday the 13th had been particularly unlucky for her 20-year-old son Santiago.
She said: “Last year he went into town and got a parking ticket.
“It was the place he always parked in but they had changed the sign that very day and you were no longer able to park. “I think it was near Cardinal Newman College. “That was very unlucky but he still did not realise it was Friday 13th and then he came home and decided to play football.
“He got an elbow in the head and ended up semi-conscious but he carried on and got involved in a tackle and got and elbow in the eye. He got a massive black eye.
“When he came home, we discussed what had happened and he realised the date on the calendar. “He was not superstitious before but he is now and he is not looking forward to tomorrow.”
Karen has studied planetary movements and the associations attached to the numbers, including 13.
She said: “I am going to be keeping a low profile on Friday 13th. I certainly will travel as little as possible and if I do not have to go to work, I won’t.
“If I have my way, I will stay in all day. “I will not cook and I will not touch sharp utensils and I won’t get into the car.”
Pat Regan, author of The New Pagan Handbook, said the date has long-established unlucky roots. He said: “Trepidation regarding Friday the 13th is rooted in primeval, separate bad-luck associations, with the number 13 and also the day Friday.
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