Here’s a fun, folkloric piece I wrote a few years ago about Friday the 13th… “Speaking of weird fishermen’s superstitions, there is one fish That Shall Not Be Named. Sometimes it was called “the beast,” other times “the red fish,” “the foul fish,” or simply “the fish.” Scientists may call it Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, or even Salmo salar, but under no circumstances should the fish be called by its true name: salmon.”

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