Very Superstitious.....the writing's on the wall

2009 is a BIG year for Superstitions, with three months in which the 13th falls on Friday!!

Yikes! To bring us all a little luck this year, Knapp Winery would like to introduce our

Very Superstitous...wine contest.

When you purchase 12 bottles of our famous Superstition wine on our website at http://www.knappwine.com

you will recieve a 13th bottle FREE!

After you have purchased your case you will be directed to THIS BLOG, and you may enter

your favorite Superstition.

Your Superstition will then be posted onto our Wall of Superstitions, where you will be eligible to WIN two tickets to our Black Cat Superstition Party on Saturday October 31st (Halloween).

Come On Purchase Some Luck Today!!

Friday the 13th Facts!!

DID YOU KNOW?

• More than 80% of high-rises lack a 13th floor.
• Many airports skip the 13th gate.
• Airplanes have no 13th aisle.
• Hospitals and hotels regularly have no room number 13
• Italians omit the number 13 from their national lottery.
• On the streets in Florence, Italy, the house number between number 12 snd 14 is addressed as 12 and a 1/2.
• Many cities do not have a 13th street or 13th Avenue

No one knows for sure what's up with our odd fear of Friday the 13th, so ingrained in pop culture that it has a movie series and one mouthful of a phobia—paraskavedekatriaphobia—in its honor.
Folklorists think the dread goes back at least a few centuries, and may well trace its roots all the way to Biblical times, when the 13th guest at the Last Supper betrayed Jesus and caused his Crucifixion, which was held on a Friday. Whatever the origin, by the late Middle Ages both Friday and the number 13 were considered bearers of misfortune. That potent combo, more than any specific association with the date, is what has deemed Friday the 13th unlucky.
Today it's dismissed as an old superstition but—if given a choice—how many of us would eschew getting married, flying or giving birth on a Friday the 13th? Superstition, indeed.