Quartorziennes (fourteeners) were people of recognised positions within society, who made themselves available for invitation to dinner parties where otherwise the number of guests would be thirteen - a superstitiously unlucky number. Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/CXQ.HTM
Quartorziennes (fourteeners) were people of recognised positions within society, who made themselves available for invitation to dinner parties where otherwise the number of guests would be thirteen - a superstitiously unlucky number.