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🎙️ Unlucky Number Four • Article
Posted June 9, 2018 by Selena Gallagher in Harry Potter Lexicon Minute
In China the number four is considered unlucky, presumably because the Chinese word for four is very similar to the word for death. This association with bad luck seems to have followed the number four into the wizarding world. Four is sometimes seen as a source… Read More
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