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crucifixion, believed by Christians to have occurred on the day before the Hebrew Sabbath. Since the Middle Ages it has been considered bad luck to begin any new undertaking on any Friday. Working people, of course, consider Friday a very good day and in this culture speak of “blue Mondays”, and expect the worst to happen on a Monday. Traditionally, though, Monday is lucky, except in Russia and Germany; Tuesday is neutral; Wednesday is tricky (because it is believed to be the day Judas betrayed Christ); Thursday is a day of judgement and crisis, and Friday is the worst. Saturday is neutral and Sunday is a day for good luck.
Not only uneducated people, but many famous and successful people have been partly guided by superstitious beliefs. Lord Byron, the poet, alternately believed that Fridays were unlucky and attempted to defy fate by starting perilous journeys on Fridays. He set sail from Italy to Greece on a Friday. He completed this journey but died of exposure soon afterwards, also on a Friday.
During his lifetime, interviewers of Winston Churchill mentioned that the great British leader thought that Friday was unlucky and avoided traveling then whenever he could. One biographer said that Churchill even went as far as to stay in his room on Friday the 13th.
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