Keen on Thirteen
Friday the 13th is Neither Hairy nor Scary
Are you afraid of Friday, the 13th? Do you suffer from paraskavedekatriaphobia or even triskaidekaphobia?
If you do, you are in good company.
If you do, you are in good company.
Triskaidekaphobia [tris-kahy-dek-uh-foh-bee-uh] is the fear of the number 13. Paraskavedekatriaphobia is the fear of Friday, the 13th.
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Triskaidekaphobia. Scared? Not a bit.
The number thirteen frightens me not a whit.
For superstitions daunt me not,
Those ancient legends best forgot.
I'll laugh and love and carry on until the day has split.
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11 Comments
Post a Commentlol cute :) It is what we make it, I suppose...
another keeper.... enjoyed
Very cute!
aww real cute!!!!!
It flew by without my noticing it this time - but these are harder words that supercali...etc.
I didn't even realize that it was a Friday the 13th. Sigh of relief... nothing bad happened to me! :)
lol. Cute! I agree too.
I agree, cute and clever
So cute and clever.
I refuse to suffer from anything I can't pronounce....