海外文化:英美民俗 星期五

【英文原文】

Friday has long been regarded as an unlucky day. People have this superstition probably because they believe that Jesus Christ was put to death on the cross on Friday, and also because Friday was for many years the day of execution of criminals, commonly called “hang-man’s day”. Some people will not start a trip on a Friday, especially if it is the 13th day of the month, since 13 men were present at the Last Supper.

【中文譯文】

星期五多年來一直被認爲是不吉利的日子。這一迷信可能起源於耶穌基督的受難日是星期五。另一原因是，星期五處決犯人的舊俗曾持續多年，人們稱星期五爲“劊子手的工作日”。

有些人不願在星期五上路旅行，特別是當這一天正好趕上13號，因爲13是最後的晚餐上的人數