Re: Why not 13 months? (Was La Systeme Metrique)

Kevin D. Quitt (kdq@emoryi.jpl.nasa.gov)
Mon, 10 Jul 1995 18:32:46 GMT

Whittet@shore.net (Whittet) wrote:
>I wonder if thats why when the calender was reformed to 12 months
>suddenly the number 13 became unlucky?

13 is unlucky because of the number of apostles as Christ's last supper.

13 is the number of months in the Jewish calendar, except every now and
then there's a leap month.

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