Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 March 1919 — FACTS ABOUT FRIDAY [ARTICLE]

FACTS ABOUT FRIDAY

The French calWriday “Vendredi” — Venus’ day. Friday is Friga’s day—Frlga being the northern Venus. ■ - " J Gladstone, ’ Disraeli and Bismarck were born on Friday. Scandinavians regard Friday as the luckiest day of the week. Our ancestors believed that eggs laid on a Friday would cure colic. “Friday face” still lingers as a term of reproach for a sour-visaged person. The printing of the first newspaper by steam was carried but on a Friday. —— The “unluckiness” of Friday owes its origin to Christ's death on Good Friday. - Good Friday—really “God’s Friday” —ls in some parts of Europe called “Black Friday.” . marriages' are “for Ipftses," and superstitious couples who are get" ting married avoid this day.