31 Days of Spookiness: Superstitious

In the U.S, people are superstitious about the #13. Here’s a few from other countries

4: In China, the pronunciation of the word for the number four is similar to that of the Chinese word for death. Many buildings in China skip a fourth floor, just as U.S. builders sometimes omit floor 13.

9: Just as the number four has a bad-luck soundalike in Chinese, 9 is feared in Japan because it sounds similar to the Japanese word for torture or suffering.

17: Some Italians are superstitious about Friday the 17th because rearranging the Roman numeral XVII can create the word “VIXI”—translated from Latin to mean “my life is over.”

Published by raelynpracht

Writer. Reader. Lifetime Learner. Follower of Christ.

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