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We’ve all heard about the legend of “Bloody Mary”. She’s the evil bitch that visits your woman once a month, usually when you have vacation plans and turns your girl into a monster for a week or so. Oops… wrong. Wrong story. That’s my fault. Sorry, Ladies.
No! Bloody Mary is a ghost of sorts that is said to appear when you look into a mirror and say her name three times. There are quite a few variations of the story. Some say she tries to drag you into the mirror. Others say that you don’t even need a mirror. You can just go into a dark closet and summon her. Either way, let’s see what we can find on this sinister old bag.
History claims that the ritual was performed by a young woman with a mirror and a candle walking backwards up a flight of darkened stairs, which sounds extremely dangerous. I wouldn’t recommend this while drinking THAT VOUDOUX!. As the tale mentions, it was Bloody Mary, also known as the tormented spirit of Queen Mary I. Her evil soul had been trapped in the mirror for burning over 280 protesters at the stake in the middle ages and she would predict these young ladies futures. As the woman ascends the stairs, backwards mind you, with a candle in one hand and a small mirror in the other, she's hoping to see that Bloody Mary will show her the reflection of her future husband's face. However, if she sees a skull, odds are… that bitch gonna die before she gets married.
As time goes on and people progress, or progressively get dumber, the tale of Bloody Mary changed. It was no longer the evil Queen Mary I. No, this new woman was “Mary Worth” and you no longer had to walk backwards up stairs, with candles, in the dark while looking for your husband’s face. Now, you had to enter a darkened room with a mirror and say one of the following: either “I believe in Mary Worth”, “Bloody Mary” or my favorite “FUCK YOU BITCH I AIN”T AFRAID OF YOU!” I made up that last one, but you should still try it.
There isn’t a ton of information on Mary Worth but what I did find is that during the civil war, in Chicago, there once lived a witch named, you guessed it… “Mary Worth”. Legend has it that she used to live on the old wagon road and would abduct slaves, keeping them in her barn, doing whatever it is that witches do to slaves in that time period. Maybe they were sex slaves. Maybe they were making brooms for the other witches. Or maybe, just maybe… she skinned them alive and used their flesh to keep her youthful appearances. No one really knows…
As it always happens, the locals got fed up with Mary’s bullshit and yoked that sex craved cannibal up by her new broomstick and tied her to a fucking stake. They lit that fucker up and Mary was heard screaming “HOLY SHIT THIS IS HOT!” I’m paraphrasing, of course. Actually, as she was burning, she cursed the villagers and told them that whoever dared to utter her name in a mirror, her spirit would return to wherever they summoned her from to exact her revenge
Strange things started happening around their home, especially after the farmer moved a stone from the yard that was suspected of being Mary Worth’s unmarked headstone and put it around his house, as a stepping stone. Dishes began to fall and break by themselves, objects moved on their own and even the farmer's wife had been locked in the barn without any indication how it happened. The farmer began to give a fuck or two and attempted to return the stone to where he had found it, hoping to end the curse. Unfortunately, this was not the case. The house burned to the ground in 1989 and several houses have been burned down since then, whenever someone attempts to build and live on Mary’s land.
So what happens in this version of the tale? Legend says that if you say her name three times in a mirror she’ll appear, take your soul for her own and rip yours to shreds in the process. She’ll leave your soul to burn, just like she was left to burn by the villagers and worst of all, you’ll be subjected to an eternity trapped in the mirror.
Speaking of mirrors, let’s discuss some mirror based folklore and legends that have transpired throughout the ages. Why are mirrors linked to so many different superstitions and tales? We know that in Snow White, that shitty bitch the queen would look into her magic mirror and get some updates on the future and seemingly get lied to. Would have been great if she asked “Who’s the fairest of them all?” and the mirror just started laughing and blurted out “Not you, you ol hag!” Anyway.
Being able to use a mirror to foretell the future seems to have been first mentioned in the bible, in 1st Corinthians 13 where it says: “For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.” Some people a hell of a lot smarter than I am seem to think that has something to do with a mirror n shit. I dunno. I’m not a doctor.
In 1787, the Scottish poet Robert Burns wrote about standing in front of a mirror, eating an apple with a lit candlestick in order to make a spirit appear. Sounds right. During Halloween in the British Isles, they used to believe that they could look into a mirror and perform a nonverbal ritual to see whom you would marry, in the future. Probably a middle finger or something. There also used to be a superstition that all mirrors had to be turned away or covered if a deceased person were being transported nearby. Some thought it was out of respect, others believed the uncovered mirrors would open a gateway into hell, it’s self. Kind of like how Jeff feels when he enters best buy.
Breaking a mirror, it is said, will bring you 7 years of bad luck. Moody must have destroyed an entire mirror store when he was younger. This superstition goes back to the Romans who thought life renewed every seven years, thus if you broke a mirror, your soul would be fucked for that time period. However, the slaves of early America believed that you could gather the pieces of the broken mirror, and soak them in a south flowing river for 7 hours in order to lift the 7 year curse. Another remedy says that you could grind the shards into a fine powder, eliminating any reflections, what-so-ever and snorting them through a Hundred dollar bill. It’s said you could bury the fragments, as well. Please don’t snort mirror dust, people. That part was a joke.
Mirrors capture the essence of these people. When an evil person projects that much energy into their image, it’s bound to get locked into the mirror. A link to the spirit is now forged. - ghostly activities.com… thought this was interesting
You know what they say about Vampires and Demons, right? They cannot see their reflection in a mirror because mirrors were once considered to be able to show a person’s “real soul”. Well, if you don’t have a soul, you won’t see your reflection. Makes sense. Or does it? I don’t know. Moving on.
According to “Weekinweird.com”, here are a few more superstitions involving mirrors:
• If a new couple first catch sight of each other in a mirror, they will have a happy marriage.
I read someplace when i was younger that if you have a mirror or mirrors that are constantly dirty or foggy that it's a sign they or the house is haunted
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We’ve all heard about the legend of “Bloody Mary”. She’s the evil bitch that visits your woman once a month, usually when you have vacation plans and turns your girl into a monster for a week or so. Oops… wrong. Wrong story. That’s my fault. Sorry, Ladies.
No! Bloody Mary is a ghost of sorts that is said to appear when you look into a mirror and say her name three times. There are quite a few variations of the story. Some say she tries to drag you into the mirror. Others say that you don’t even need a mirror. You can just go into a dark closet and summon her. Either way, let’s see what we can find on this sinister old bag.
History claims that the ritual was performed by a young woman with a mirror and a candle walking backwards up a flight of darkened stairs, which sounds extremely dangerous. I wouldn’t recommend this while drinking THAT VOUDOUX!. As the tale mentions, it was Bloody Mary, also known as the tormented spirit of Queen Mary I. Her evil soul had been trapped in the mirror for burning over 280 protesters at the stake in the middle ages and she would predict these young ladies futures. As the woman ascends the stairs, backwards mind you, with a candle in one hand and a small mirror in the other, she's hoping to see that Bloody Mary will show her the reflection of her future husband's face. However, if she sees a skull, odds are… that bitch gonna die before she gets married.
As time goes on and people progress, or progressively get dumber, the tale of Bloody Mary changed. It was no longer the evil Queen Mary I. No, this new woman was “Mary Worth” and you no longer had to walk backwards up stairs, with candles, in the dark while looking for your husband’s face. Now, you had to enter a darkened room with a mirror and say one of the following: either “I believe in Mary Worth”, “Bloody Mary” or my favorite “FUCK YOU BITCH I AIN”T AFRAID OF YOU!” I made up that last one, but you should still try it.
There isn’t a ton of information on Mary Worth but what I did find is that during the civil war, in Chicago, there once lived a witch named, you guessed it… “Mary Worth”. Legend has it that she used to live on the old wagon road and would abduct slaves, keeping them in her barn, doing whatever it is that witches do to slaves in that time period. Maybe they were sex slaves. Maybe they were making brooms for the other witches. Or maybe, just maybe… she skinned them alive and used their flesh to keep her youthful appearances. No one really knows…
As it always happens, the locals got fed up with Mary’s bullshit and yoked that sex craved cannibal up by her new broomstick and tied her to a fucking stake. They lit that fucker up and Mary was heard screaming “HOLY SHIT THIS IS HOT!” I’m paraphrasing, of course. Actually, as she was burning, she cursed the villagers and told them that whoever dared to utter her name in a mirror, her spirit would return to wherever they summoned her from to exact her revenge
Strange things started happening around their home, especially after the farmer moved a stone from the yard that was suspected of being Mary Worth’s unmarked headstone and put it around his house, as a stepping stone. Dishes began to fall and break by themselves, objects moved on their own and even the farmer's wife had been locked in the barn without any indication how it happened. The farmer began to give a fuck or two and attempted to return the stone to where he had found it, hoping to end the curse. Unfortunately, this was not the case. The house burned to the ground in 1989 and several houses have been burned down since then, whenever someone attempts to build and live on Mary’s land.
So what happens in this version of the tale? Legend says that if you say her name three times in a mirror she’ll appear, take your soul for her own and rip yours to shreds in the process. She’ll leave your soul to burn, just like she was left to burn by the villagers and worst of all, you’ll be subjected to an eternity trapped in the mirror.
Speaking of mirrors, let’s discuss some mirror based folklore and legends that have transpired throughout the ages. Why are mirrors linked to so many different superstitions and tales? We know that in Snow White, that shitty bitch the queen would look into her magic mirror and get some updates on the future and seemingly get lied to. Would have been great if she asked “Who’s the fairest of them all?” and the mirror just started laughing and blurted out “Not you, you ol hag!” Anyway.
Being able to use a mirror to foretell the future seems to have been first mentioned in the bible, in 1st Corinthians 13 where it says: “For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.” Some people a hell of a lot smarter than I am seem to think that has something to do with a mirror n shit. I dunno. I’m not a doctor.
In 1787, the Scottish poet Robert Burns wrote about standing in front of a mirror, eating an apple with a lit candlestick in order to make a spirit appear. Sounds right. During Halloween in the British Isles, they used to believe that they could look into a mirror and perform a nonverbal ritual to see whom you would marry, in the future. Probably a middle finger or something. There also used to be a superstition that all mirrors had to be turned away or covered if a deceased person were being transported nearby. Some thought it was out of respect, others believed the uncovered mirrors would open a gateway into hell, it’s self. Kind of like how Jeff feels when he enters best buy.
Breaking a mirror, it is said, will bring you 7 years of bad luck. Moody must have destroyed an entire mirror store when he was younger. This superstition goes back to the Romans who thought life renewed every seven years, thus if you broke a mirror, your soul would be fucked for that time period. However, the slaves of early America believed that you could gather the pieces of the broken mirror, and soak them in a south flowing river for 7 hours in order to lift the 7 year curse. Another remedy says that you could grind the shards into a fine powder, eliminating any reflections, what-so-ever and snorting them through a Hundred dollar bill. It’s said you could bury the fragments, as well. Please don’t snort mirror dust, people. That part was a joke.
Mirrors capture the essence of these people. When an evil person projects that much energy into their image, it’s bound to get locked into the mirror. A link to the spirit is now forged. - ghostly activities.com… thought this was interesting
You know what they say about Vampires and Demons, right? They cannot see their reflection in a mirror because mirrors were once considered to be able to show a person’s “real soul”. Well, if you don’t have a soul, you won’t see your reflection. Makes sense. Or does it? I don’t know. Moving on.
According to “Weekinweird.com”, here are a few more superstitions involving mirrors:
• If a new couple first catch sight of each other in a mirror, they will have a happy marriage.
I read someplace when i was younger that if you have a mirror or mirrors that are constantly dirty or foggy that it's a sign they or the house is haunted
he Midnight Train Podcast is sponsored by VOUDOUX VODKA.
www.voudoux.com
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