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This is the Conversation Forum for Triskaidekaphobia The back of the Dollar Bill >> Subject: Triskae-fear of 13 Posted Mar 16, 2009 by daveking999   Posting 1 I'm surprised no-one has mentioned another origin of the fear of Friday 13th- This happened about 1271 or thereabouts when the French King at the time, whose family owed a lot of money to the Knights Templar, (those rich guys who funded, fought and died for the christian belief in the crusades- remember?) - ordered the destruction in it's entirety of that noble order- on Friday 13th October- with the blessing of the Pope!- Fairly easy to research this too as there are plenty of references on the internet. Conversation list Most of the content on h2g2 is created by h2g2's Researchers, who are members of the public. The views expressed are theirs and unless specifically stated are not those of the BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of any external sites referenced. In the event that you consider anything on this page to be in breach of the site's House Rules, please click on the relevant button to alert our Moderation Team. Conversation list

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