{"id":4453,"date":"2017-08-22T08:15:10","date_gmt":"2017-08-22T08:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/News\/?p=4453"},"modified":"2017-07-31T12:22:41","modified_gmt":"2017-07-31T12:22:41","slug":"friday-13th-phobia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/News\/articles\/friday-13th-phobia","title":{"rendered":"How Friday 13th Phobia Affects the Economy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-4454\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/friday-13th-600x423.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/friday-13th.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/friday-13th-300x212.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>How do you feel about Friday 13<sup>th<\/sup>? Is it just another date on the calendar, or do you get spooked?<\/p>\n<p>A surprising number of Brits are so fearful of Friday 13<sup>th<\/sup> that they won\u2019t leave the house to go to work or make business transactions \u2013 and their phobia actually affects the economy.<\/p>\n<p>Conference call provider Powwownow surveyed 500 adults and found that more than a quarter were uneasy about the date.<\/p>\n<p>One in 10 people won\u2019t travel by train on Friday 13<sup>th<\/sup> while even more \u2013 16% \u2013 refuse to fly. A further 11% won\u2019t stay in a hotel room bearing the number 13.<\/p>\n<p>The fear is not evenly distributed however but varies geographically. People in Northern Ireland are far more superstitious than the rest of the nation \u2013 a staggering 64% believe the date is unlucky, compared to just 13% of the more down-to-earth Scots.<\/p>\n<p>Our friends over the Pond have similar superstitious fears. A survey carried out in North Carolina found the economy was losing hundreds of millions of dollars because of paraskavedekatriaphobia (that\u2019s the proper name for the fear of Friday 13<sup>th<\/sup>), creating a significant problem for the American economy too.<\/p>\n<p>Before you start checking your calendar, I can give you a tip-off: The next Friday 13<sup>th<\/sup> is in October, so there\u2019s plenty of time to book that duvet day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do you feel about Friday 13th? Is it just another date on the calendar, or do you get spooked? A surprising number of Brits are so fearful of Friday 13th that they won\u2019t leave the house to go to work or make business transactions \u2013 and their phobia actually affects the economy. 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