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Literature | Friday, an Unlucky Day Because it was the day of our Lord's crucifixion; it is accordingly a fast-day in the Roman Catholic Church. Soames says, "Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit on a Friday, and died on a Friday." (Anglo-Saxon Church, p. 255.) "But once on a Friday ('tis ever they say), A day when misfortune is aptest to fall." Saxe: Good Dog of Bretté, stanza 3. In Spain, Friday is held to be an unlucky day. So is it esteemed by Buddhists and Brahmins. The old Romans called it nefastus, from the utter overthrow of their army at Gallia Narbonensis. And in England the proverb is that a Friday moon brings foul weather. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 52 49 44 41 59 2C 41 4E 55 4E 4C 55 43 4B 59 44 41 59 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01010010 01001001 01000100 01000001 01011001 00101100 00100000 01000001 01001110 00100000 01010101 01001110 01001100 01010101 01000011 01001011 01011001 00100000 01000100 01000001 01011001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F R I D A Y ,   A N   U N L U C K Y   D A Y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0052 0049 0044 0041 0059 002C 0041 004E 0055 004E 004C 0055 0043 004B 0059 0044 0041 0059 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)40524338355914235482554846553745592383559 |
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