Editing Friday (section)

==In culture==
Friday is considered unlucky in some cultures. This is particularly so in maritime circles; perhaps the most enduring sailing superstition is that it is unlucky to begin a voyage on a Friday.<ref>{{Citation |last=Bassett |first=Fletcher S. |author-link=Fletcher S. Bassett |title=Legends and Superstitions of the Sea and of Sailors in All Lands and at All Times |publisher=S. Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington |year=1885 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PkIKAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA445 |isbn=0-548-22818-3}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last=Vigor |first=John |title=The Practical Encyclopedia of Boating |publisher=McGraw-Hill Professional |year=2004 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VLg6Lx5yRP0C&q=hms+friday&pg=RA1-PA258 |isbn=0-07-137885-5}}</ref> In the 19th century, Admiral [[William Henry Smyth]] described Friday in his nautical lexicon ''The Sailor's Word-Book'' as:
{{bquote|The ''{{lang|la|Dies Infaustus}}'', on which old seamen were desirous of not getting under weigh, as ill-omened.<ref>{{Citation |last=Smyth |first=William Henry |author-link=William Henry Smyth |title=The Sailor's Word-Book |publisher=Conway Maritime Press |year=1991 |url=https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26000 |isbn=0-85177-972-7}}</ref>}}
(''{{lang|la|Dies Infaustus}}'' means "unlucky day".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dies%20infaustus |work=Merriam-Webster Online |title=dies infaustus |access-date=2008-09-27 }}</ref>) This superstition is the root of the well-known [[urban legend]] of {{HMS|Friday}}.

In modern times since the Middle Ages, [[Friday the 13th]] and [[Friday the 13th #Friday the 17th in Italy|Friday the 17th]] are considered to be especially unlucky, due to the conjunction of Friday with the unlucky numbers [[13 (number)#Unlucky 13|thirteen]] and [[17 (number)#In other fields|seventeen]]. Such a Friday may be called a "Black Friday".<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/110513-friday-the-13th-superstitions-triskaidekaphobia| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411102959/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/110513-friday-the-13th-superstitions-triskaidekaphobia| url-status=dead| archive-date=April 11, 2021|author=John Roach|title=Friday the 13th Superstitions Rooted in Bible and More|website=[[National Geographic Society]] |date=2014-05-14|access-date=2023-05-03}}</ref>

However, this superstition is not universal, notably in Hispanic, Greek and Scottish Gaelic culture:
{{bquote|Though Friday (and especially those falling on the 13th and 17th) has always been held an unlucky day in many [[Christianity|Christian]] countries, still in the [[Hebrides]] it is supposed that it is a lucky day for sowing the seed. [[Good Friday]] in particular is a favourite day for [[potato]] planting—even strict [[Roman Catholicism|Roman Catholics]] make a point of planting a bucketful on that day. Probably the idea is that as the [[Resurrection]] followed the [[Crucifixion]], and Burial so too in the case of the seed, and after death will come life?<ref>{{Citation |last=Dwelly |first=Edward |author-link=Edward Dwelly |title=Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary |publisher=Gairm Publications |year=1988 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dP1eIAAACAAJ |isbn=0-901771-92-9 }} {{Dead link|date=June 2010}}</ref>}} In Hispanic and Greek cultures, Tuesday is the unlucky day, specifically the 13th.

Popularly, Fridays are seen as days of good luck and happiness, since it is the last day of a work week as well as many school weeks that end every Friday.