Friday the 13th - have a good day

It's Friday the 13th. How's your day going?

AUT student Fergus Ross, 22-year-old, is worried that something will happen to him today. “I suppose I will blame [Friday 13^th]. I mean I have an exam today, so it is probably a bad thing.”

The origins of superstitions surrounding Friday the 13^th are hard to pin down, with some historians believing that the superstitious day arose around the 19^th century.

AUT students had strongly opposing views around the day.

Communications student, Marc Everson didn’t believe in Friday the 13^th in karma or luck or anything. “I’m not superstitious at all. I don’t believe anything to do with it.”

Twenty-one-year-old  Karuna Thawani had an opposite view. “I just checked my phone, and I was like okay, it’s the 13^th… I’m superstitious in certain things. I believe if you play with scissors something bad will happen to you.”

Twenty-year-old Tyler Cunningham said: “I’m not superstitious, well not enough to stay home. I know to stay away from broken mirrors.”