"My mum was actually born on Friday 13th," says Mrs Hemmer. "She always thought it was a lucky day - and so do I." Sitting nearby is Niall Johnstone, who thinks the whole idea is a joke.
Just why we get extra antsy when the 13th day of the month falls on a Friday, of all days ... go to the SPCA animal shelter and ask for a lucky rabbit. In the old days, people believed that ...
In Western superstition, Friday the 13th is seen as an ominous day filled with bad luck ... the number 13 is considered lucky. There may be a "grain of truth" to the Last Supper theory, "but ...