... our culture involve fear of the number thirteen, a taboo warning against walking under a ladder, knocking on wood to insure good luck, having seven years of bad luck if a mirror is broken, and believing a rabbit's foot is lucky.. The fear of the number thirteen is called tridicaphobia. ... hotels do not have a thirteenth floor, and airlines do not have an "aisle 13" on planes. Everyone has probably been told that it is bad luck to walk under a ladder. Apart from the possible danger of having a paint can fall onto one's head, this superstition evolved from a belief ... the "evil eye." Br...

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