Have you noticed how often the number three crops up in our lives? Do you ever wonder why three seems to be so significant? The number three appears to play an important part in our beliefs, religions and arts.
Stories:
The Three Bears
The Three Billy Goats Gruff
The Three Little Pigs
The Three Stooges
The Three Musketeers
Three Blind Mice
There are 3 witches in Macbeth
Books are often Trilogies
Religion/beliefs:
The Holy Trinity
The Hindu Trimurti
The Three Jewels of Buddhism
Mind, body and Spirit
Three wise men
Jesus rose from the dead on the 3rd day
Three virtues: Faith, Hope and Charity
Sport:
Baseball – 3 strikes and the batter is out
Cricket - if a bowler takes 3 wickets in a row it is called a hat trick
Superstitions/phrases:
It is unlucky to be the third person to light a cigarette from the same match or lighter; yet
we say “Third time lucky”.
When we want everyone to do something together, we may call out “On the count of three”.
You wait ages for a bus and then they come along in threes
Others
Three primary colours
Three wishes
I have listed just a few of the “Three’s” I can think of. Maybe you can add some more, or have a theory on “Three”.