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Having 13 People At The Dinner Table 




“13 people having dinner at the same table brings bad luck. This may be due to kitchen cutlery coming in pairs or in sets of a dozen, so by having 13 people one would be left out and unlucky.”

-Catarina, Portugal


“13 people at the table is a bad omen in which one of these people will soon die. One of the reasons has to do with there being 13 people at the Last Supper with Jesus, 13th person being the one who betrayed him and lead to his death. There is also a Norse legend which tells of 12 people dining in Valhalla. Loki, being the 13th person, crashed the dinner which resulted in one person dying.”

-Lera, Russia
Countries where the superstition can be found:
Portugal
Russia
Italy

 
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