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The sinister power of Friday 13th: how this maligned date affects our lives

Property sales that complete on this day have a lower median price. Air fares are cheaper. Weddings are non-existent. And motor collisions increase. How did it become so mired in superstition? “I have only worked one Friday 13th wedding in my 14 years in business,” says Caroline Smyth, a photographer and celebrant based in Larne, Northern Ireland. “I definitely think it is down to the fact that it’s a date surrounded by superstition. People are maybe afraid it’s a bad omen for their marriage.” Smyth’s sole Friday 13th wedding, in September 2013, was the first she ever photographed – and it kic

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