Bad luck on ‘Friday the 13th’ and other Irish superstitions

Falling in graveyards, itching noses and black cats

CATHY HAYES,

IrishCentral.com Staff Writer

Published Friday, February 25, 2011, 9:55 AM

Updated Friday, February 25, 2011, 10:26 AM

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Murph46 | Feb 27, 2011, 01:13 PM EST

Also,what is this garbage about turning around and going the other way when you meet a redhead?

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Murph46 | Feb 27, 2011, 01:09 PM EST

I was always told it was bad ,bad luck to throw a hat on the bed!What's that all about anybody?

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forflann | Feb 26, 2011, 12:21 PM EST

While my mum favored the 13 people at the last supper theory, I later learned the king of France ordered the arrest and imprisonment of the Knights Templar on Friday the 13th, I tended to go with that explaination as we don't know what calendar was in use 2,000 years ago.

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Ulsterman | Feb 25, 2011, 10:27 PM EST

I could add that it is unlucky to open an umbrella inside the house. It means it will rain on you--figuratively.

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