Author: Khadijih Robinson
When I was little, many young girls
liked to play games like “Bloody Mary”. The girls would stand
in front of a mirror with the lights turned off repeating the name “Bloody
Mary” over again. After you call Bloody Mary, she is supposed to appear in the
mirror and claw your face, steal your soul, or just appear with blood all over.
The game Bloody Mary has been played throughout time and there is no true story
of Bloody Mary. The legend has multiple stories
to be told, and the game is played in different ways. The story of Bloody Mary
ranges from history of a tyrannical queen, to myths of the witch in the woods, as
well as, a drink for a recovering hangover.
Written on American Folklore, There
was a witch in the woods, by the name of Bloody Mary. No one went near her
home, but when little girls started going missing, everyone was questioned in
the village even the witch. When the townspeople went to the witch’s home to
question her, but the people noticed she appeared younger and more beautiful.
One day a little girl left her home in the middle of the night. The little
girl’s parents tried to stop her, but the little girl kept going. Her parents
started calling on the townspeople for help. The people saw a low glow light
and ran towards it. The light was the witch holding a wand chanting a spell,
but Bloody Mary ran as she seen the people yelling after her and one of the men
shot her in the hip. The townspeople grabbed her and took her to a field where
they had made a bonfire and threw her in it and as the witch burned she casted
a spell on anyone that chanted her name in a mirror. The townspeople went to
the witch’s home and found the graves of the missing girls in her backyard.
The
tyrannical Queen Mary I, “Bloody Mary” started out being nothing but the same
name. The Queen killed many people that tried to dethrone her. Many of the
people killed were based on religious persecution. There are similar references
connecting the Queen Mary I to the Elizabeth Bathory story. Elizabeth Bathory
is known to be the “Blood Countess,” which she killed many young girls, but still no one knows the story of the
Legendary Bloody Mary. Neither of the stories connects to the legend of the
lady standing in the mirror, clawing your face out.
There is a
cocktail drink called “Bloody Mary,” that people drink occasionally. A
bartender by the name of Fernand Petiot started out putting a twist to an
already known drink called the “the Red Snapper.” When Petiot put the twist to
the old cocktail it became the “Bloody Mary.” Fernand made this drink in the
1920’s working at a bar in Paris; he then brought the new refined drink to New
York. It is said that the drink is known for drinking when one is attempting to
sober up.
As stated before, I once played the game
Bloody Mary, but I never followed through with the game. I have always been the
scared one, so while writing this article I was scared to research this topic,
or look at any pictures. I have never known anyone to see the infamous “Bloody
Mary,” but this could be because this is a story you tell a slumber party of
girls to scare them to sleep or dare them to be the courageous one. Bloody Mary Stories,
Here is a few stories that real young girls have told about their Bloody Mary
experience.
Works Cited:
Curtis, Wayne.
“Behind the Drink: The Bloody Mary.” Liquor.com.17.
Dec. 2010. Web. 23.Oct.2012
Dube, Ryan.
“Bloody Mary Legend.” Love To Know.
Love To Know Corp. Web. 12 October 2012.
Dundes, Alan. Bloody Mary in the Mirror: Essays in
Psychoanalytic Folkloristic. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2002. Print.
“I Believe in
Mary Worth”. Encyclopedia of Urban
Legends. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2001. Credo Reference. Web. 12 October
2012
Paramore_riot.
“Bloody Mary.” Photograph. Fanpop, 2009.
Web. 23.Oct. 2012
Ramsland ,
Katherine. “Lady of Blood: Countess Bathory .” Crime Library. Tuner, A Time Warner
Company, ND. Web. 13 October 2012.
Ridley,
Jasper. Bloody Mary’s Martyrs: The Story
of England’s Terror. New York. Carroll &
Graf Publishers, 2001. Print.
Schlosser, S
E. “Bloody Mary.” American Folklore. S.E. Schlosser 1997-2020, 18.Oct. 2012. Spooky
Pennsylvania . Web. 13 October 2012.
Links for Further Research:
Queen “Bloody” Mary
There is information on Queen Mary I telling the story
with details on her life.
Bloody Mary
More information on Bloody Mary legend and the game.
Lady of Blood: Countess Bathory
There is a website on crime stories and unsolved mysteries.
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