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Steve Roud, author of The Penguin Guide to the Superstitions of Britain and Ireland, previously told BBC News that, Friday and the number 13 have always been unlucky in their own right.

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2024

Superstitions are fun, but they aren’t a strategy.

From Washington Post • May 12, 2017

God and Man at Yale, which is subtitled “The Superstitions of ‘Academic Freedom’ ” is also likely one of the first texts by a student arguing that campuses should be safe spaces.

From Slate • Mar. 12, 2017

Superstitions can also affect players' performance, Schueller said, noting the Cubs in that 2003 game seemed to have "had a bit of a mental breakdown" after the Bartman incident.

From Reuters • Oct. 13, 2015

“Anything dismissed by scholars as too fun to be important. They put it down here and forget it. Superstitions, songs, spells. Seraphim, omens, demons, fairies.”

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor