{"id":119581,"date":"2021-04-02T13:16:56","date_gmt":"2021-04-02T13:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=119581"},"modified":"2021-04-02T13:16:56","modified_gmt":"2021-04-02T13:16:56","slug":"can-i-do-my-washing-and-housework-on-good-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/can-i-do-my-washing-and-housework-on-good-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"Can I do my washing and housework on Good Friday?"},"content":{"rendered":"

GOOD Friday is steeped in traditions; things to do and things to avoid, to attract good luck or prevent bad luck.<\/strong><\/p>\n

While many of the traditions and superstitions may seem bizarre in a modern context, they are typically linked to old Christian and Easter traditions.<\/p>\n

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Can I do my washing and housework on Good Friday?\u00a0<\/h2>\n

If you want to prevent bad luck from coming your way, then traditionally, you should not wash any clothes or do any housework on Good Friday.<\/p>\n

According to old catholic tradition, doing housework on the observed day will bring bad luck to your family.<\/p>\n

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Can I go to work on Good Friday?<\/h2>\n

Not much is said in old tradition, relating to Good Friday and whether one should go to work on the day.<\/p>\n

However, as Good Friday is a designated bank holiday, many Brits will not be required by their companies to work.<\/p>\n

The same goes for bank holiday Monday, which falls on April 5.<\/p>\n

Can I eat meat?<\/h2>\n

Traditionally, Good Friday was a day of \u201cblack fast\u201d; as well as the usual restrictions against meat and dairy during Lent, this was a day of severe fast.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Many would only eat three small meals, while others confined themselves to a single meal, usually at noon, the hour of Jesus\u2019 supposed crucifixion.<\/p>\n

No one was to eat anything after this time, the Irish Times reported.<\/p>\n

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Babies in the cradle would have to cry three times before they were fed.<\/p>\n

Can children climb trees?<\/h2>\n

It's supposed to be bad luck for children (or anyone else) to climb trees on the Friday before Easter.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This is supposedly because some people refer to the cross as the \u2018tree\u2019 – therefore making the tree a religious symbol.<\/p>\n

Can I wash and cut my hair?<\/h2>\n

Good Friday has long been considered the most significant day to have a haircut.<\/p>\n

Girl\u2019s believed that hair cut on this day would grow thicker and longer – twice as thick and long, according to some accounts.<\/p>\n

In addition to this, washing your hair on Good Friday was thought to guard against headaches, the Irish Times reported.<\/p>\n

While cutting the hair on their head was fine, men would not shave, as it was most unlucky to draw blood on the day of the Crucifixion.<\/p>\n