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Sunday, July 20, 2008

Not.

I am not your whore,

I am not your virgin.

I am not your inspiration,

               your poision,

               your helping hand.

I am not your eye candy.

I am not your student,

nor am I the teacher.

I am not your everything,

              your anything.

You're nothing.

I am not yours.

I am Mine.

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Sunday, December 16, 2007

I want to tell you all a story...

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Saturday, July 07, 2007

take a guess

Daniel Tammet

Alexis Lemaire

Tito Mukhopadhyay

Stephen Wiltshire

Willem Klein

Gert Mittring

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Thursday, October 12, 2006

The rose clung round the brier

http://memory.loc.gov/afc/afcss39/271/2714b2.mp3

 

BARBARA ALLEN

"Barbara Allen" (Child 84) is perhaps the most popular of all the old ballads that made the trip from England to the New World. Dimple Savage Thompson sang this version. Other versions were sung by Hazel and Myrtle Jobe and Hazel Goodin. Mrs. Goodin calls it "The Rose and the Green Brier."

It was upon a high, high hill / Two maidens chose their dwelling, And one was known both far and wide / Was known as Barb'ra Allen.

T'was in the merry month of May / All the flowers blooming, A young man on his deathbed lay / For the love of Barbtra Allen.

He sent a servant unto her / In the town where she was dwelling Come Miss, O Miss to my master dying / If your name be Barb'ra Allen.

Slowly, slowly she got up / And to his bedside going She drew the curtain to one side / And said, "Young man you're dying."

He stretched one pale hand to her / As though he would to touch her She hopped and skipped across the floor / Young man, she says, I won't have you.

Remember, 'member in the town / 'Twas in the tavern drinking, You drank a health to the ladies all / But you slighted Barbtra Allen.

He turned his face toward the wall / His back upon his darling I know I shall see you no more / So goodby Barbtra Allen.

As she was going to her home / She heard the church bell tolling She looked to the east and looked to the west And saw the corpse a-coming.

Oh hand me down the corpse of clay / That I may look upon it I might have saved that young man's life / If I had done mv duty.

Oh mother mother make my bed / O make it long and narrow Sweet William died for me today / I shall die for him tomorrow.

Sweet William died on a Saturday night / And Barbtra Allen on a Sunday The old lady died for the love of them both / She died on Easter Monday.

Sweet William was buried in one graveyard / Barb'ra Allen in another A rose grew on Sweet William's grave / A brier on Barb'ra Allen's.

They grew and they grew to the steeple top / And there they rew no higher And there they tied in a true lover knot / The rose clung round the brier

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Monday, October 02, 2006

Guy Fawkes

Remember, remember the 11th of September...

All right kiddies, I haven't posted anything in a very long while; originality eludes me. The following article on Guy Fawkes is taken directly from Wikipedia, I'll think of something eventually. If you haven't seen V for Vendetta yet, I implore you to do so- buy it, rent it, bootleg it, whatever you have to do.

Even though 'reading' has become a curse word these days, I also advise you to read 1984 (George Orwell) then sit down for a while and think. I can go on and bitch about politics and how our government is corrupt and all that other good stuff but it does get a tad monotonous, even for me.

Any director or writer would tell you that we're not in a good time for revolution right now, the hero always emerges after years and years of oppression. I'm sure we'd all love it if there would be a vigilante with as much sex appeal as V (yes he's all burned, but oh the persona....) to come and save the day but if everyone were to just sit back and wait, nothing would happen (at least nothing fun). I don't want this misinterpreted as a message to go and blow up things; I don't need feds knocking down my door.

My final two cents for the moment- "take charge"

 

 

Guy Fawkes

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A painting of Guy Fawkes with House of Parliament in the background.
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A painting of Guy Fawkes with House of Parliament in the background.

Guy Fawkes (April 13, 1570January 31, 1606), also known as Guido Fawkes, born in York, was an English soldier and member of a group of Roman Catholic conspirators who attempted to carry out the Gunpowder Plot on November 5, 1605.

The plot was an attempt to assassinate King James I of England (James VI of Scotland) and the members of both houses of the Parliament of England. To do this, Westminster Palace was to be blown up during the formal opening session of the 1605 Parliament, in which the king would address a joint assembly of both the House of Lords and the House of Commons. Guy Fawkes was in large part responsible for the later stages of the plan's execution. His activities were detected, however, before the plan's completion. Following a severe interrogation involving the use of torture, and a trial in Westminster Hall, Fawkes and his conspirators were executed for treason and attempted murder. Guy Fawkes's failure is remembered with Guy Fawkes night or Bonfire night on November 5.

 

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Gunpowder Plot

The Gunpowder Conspirators are discovered and Guy Fawkes is caught in the cellar of the Houses of Parliament with the explosives.
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The Gunpowder Conspirators are discovered and Guy Fawkes is caught in the cellar of the Houses of Parliament with the explosives.
Guy Fawkes' signature immediately after torture (only 'Guido') and eight days later.
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Guy Fawkes' signature immediately after torture (only 'Guido') and eight days later.
Main article: Gunpowder Plot

Guy Fawkes is most infamous for his involvement in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, which he was placed in charge of executing because of his military and explosives experience. The plot, masterminded by Robert Catesby, was a failed attempt by a group of English Roman Catholic conspirators to kill King James I of England (VI of Scotland), his family, and most of the aristocracy in one swoop by blowing up the (now demolished) House of Lords building in the Houses of Parliament during its State Opening. Guy Fawkes may have been introduced to Robert Catesby by a man named Hugh Owen, a Catholic who was in the pay of the Spanish Netherlands. Sir William Stanley is also believed to have recommended him and Guy Fawkes named him in his torture, leading him to be arrested and imprisoned for a year after the discovery of the plot. It was Stanley who first presented Fawkes to Thomas Winter in 1603 when Winter was in Europe. Stanley was the commander of the English in Flanders at the time. Stanley had handed Deventer and much of its garrison back to the Spanish in 1587, nearly wiping out the gains that Leicester had made in the Low Countries. Leicester's expedition was widely regarded as a disaster for this reason among others. Stanley was a known Catholic sympathiser.

The plot itself may have been occasioned by the realization by English Protestant authorities and Roman Catholic recusants that Spain was in far too much debt and was fighting too many wars to assist English Roman Catholics. Any possibility of toleration by the State was removed at the Hampton Court conference in 1604 when James I attacked both extreme Puritans and Catholics. The plotters realized that no outside help would be forthcoming unless they took action. Fawkes and the other conspirators were able to rent a cellar beneath the House of Lords. They were much relieved to find a cellar for rent, as they had first tried to dig a mine under the building. This would have been difficult, because they had to store the dirt and debris and carry it away in barrels. By March 1605, they had hidden eighteen hundred pounds of gunpowder in the cellar, with the intent of detonating it during the State Opening of Parliament with the King and Lords in attendance. The plotters then wished to abduct Princess Elizabeth (later Elizabeth of Bohemia, the "Winter Queen"). A few of the conspirators were concerned, however, about fellow Catholics who would have been present at parliament during the opening. One of the conspirators wrote a letter of warning to Lord Monteagle, who received it on October 26. The conspirators became aware of the letter the following day, but they resolved to continue the plot after Fawkes had confirmed that nothing had been touched in the cellar.

Lord Monteagle had been suspicious, however, and the letter was sent to the secretary of state who initiated a search of the vaults beneath the House of Lords. Fawkes was discovered and arrested during a raid on the cellar in the early morning of 5 November. He was tortured over the next few days, after special permission to do so had been granted by the King. Eventually, he revealed the names of his conspirators (who were either already dead or whose names were known to the authorities). Some had fled to Warwickshire where they were either killed or captured. On 31 January, Fawkes, Winter, and a number of others implicated in the conspiracy were tried in Westminster Hall, and after being found guilty, were taken to Old Palace Yard in Westminster and St. Paul's Yard, where they were hanged, drawn, and quartered. Fawkes cheated this fate in a way: though weakened by torture, he jumped from the gallows and snapped his neck rather than being hanged until almost dead.Language

In an example of semantic progression, Guy Fawkes' name is also the origin of the word "guy" in the English language, particularly in American spoken English. The burning on 5th November of an effigy of Fawkes, known as a "guy", led to the use of the word "guy" as a term for "a person of grotesque appearance," according to the Oxford English Dictionary. Over time, the word evolved to become a general reference for a man, as in "some guy called for you." In the 20th century, under the influence of American popular culture, "guy" gradually replaced "fellow," "bloke," "chap" and other such words in many English-speaking countries. In some dialects "you guys" has become the second person plural.

Literature

Effigy of Guy Fawkes, being paraded as part of the by the Cliffe Bonfire Society Bonfire Night rituals in Lewes, Sussex.
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Effigy of Guy Fawkes, being paraded as part of the by the Cliffe Bonfire Society Bonfire Night rituals in Lewes, Sussex.

Many popular contemporary verses were written in condemnation of Guy Fawkes aside from the most famous and still well known verse asking us to 'remember remember'. John Rhodes produced a popular narrative in verse describing the events of the plot and condemning Fawkes.

Fawkes at midnight, and by torchlight there was found
With long matches and devices, underground

The full verse was published as A brief Summe of the Treason intended against King & State, when they should have been assembled in Parliament, November 5. 1605. Fit for to instruct the simple and ignorant heerein: that they not be seduced any longer by Papists. Other popular verses were altogether more 'godly' and in celebration of the fact that England had been saved from the Guy Fawkes conspiracy. John Wilson published, in 1612, a short song on the 'powder plot' with the words:

O England praise the name of God
That kept thee from this heavy rod!
But though this demon e'er be gone,
his evil now be ours upon!'

A popular nursery rhyme about the plot reads:

Remember, remember, the 5th of November
The Gunpowder Treason and plot;
I know of no reason why Gunpowder Treason
Should ever be forgot.

Subsequent to the U.S. Congress' approval of a bill permitting President George W. Bush to ignore the Geneva Conventions prohibitions against torture and suspending the Writ of Habeas Corpus for those declared enemy combatants by the Department of Defense, the rhyme was adapted as follows:

Remember, remember the 28th of September
The torturous Congressional plot;
I know of no reason why Congress's treason
Should ever be forgot.

Shakespeare's Tragedy of Macbeth was finished in 1606, shortly after the dismantling of the plot. It is widely believed that Shakespeare wrote it as an effort to apease King James, who could trace his family back through the Scottish Kings to Banquo's line. Shakespeare's name may have possibly been drawn as one of the conspirators, similar to the way Cicero was depicted in the Bard's own play Julius Caesar. In 1606, his daughter, Susannah, was listed as one of the residents of Stratford refusing to take Holy Communion, suggesting that the family certainly had some Catholic sympathies. However, it is likely that Shakespeare wrote this play as an overture of loyalty in the suspicious climate following the plot.

The conspiracy was commemorated by the Lord Mayor and aldermen of the City of London on November the 5th for years after by a sermon at St. Paul's Cathedral. The popular accounts of the plot supplemented these sermons some of which were published and survive to this day. Many in the city left money in their wills so they might pay for a minister to preach a sermon annually in their own parish.

In 1842, William Harrison Ainsworth wrote an historical novel called "Guy Fawkes", which portrayed Fawkes, and Catholic recusancy in general, in a sympathetic light.

In Enid Blyton's Secret Seven series, "Guy Fawkes" is the 'password' the seven children use to authenticate their entry to any of their several meetings. The reason for their choice arises from the bonfires that they arrange frequently.

Fawkes was later celebrated in poetry. The Latin verse In Quintum Novembris was written c.1626. Also John Milton's Satan in book six of Paradise Lost is very Fawkesian in inspiration. The Devil invents gunpowder to try to match God's thunderbolts. Post reformation and anti-Roman Catholic literature often personified Guy Fawkes as the Devil in this way. Puritan polemics to popular literature all sought to associate Guy Fawkes with the demoniacal.

The story of Guy Fawkes inspired Alan Moore's 1982 post-nuclear dystopian graphic novel of a fascist Britain, V for Vendetta (which was adapted into a 2006 film version). The story revolves around the main character, V, who wears a stylized Guy Fawkes mask. In the story, V plans to blow up the abandoned Parliament buildings on a future 5th of November as his first move to bring down the nation's fascist, tyranical dictator, whose physical appearance is loosly based off of James I's.

  • Charles Dickens also referred to Fawkes quite often, particularly in his history of England, but also with references in his novels.
  • The poet T. S. Eliot mentions Guy Fawkes in the epigraph for his poem The Hollow Men, "A penny for the old guy".
  • Fawkes, the phoenix that appears in the Harry Potter books, is named after Guy Fawkes. A parallel has been drawn between Fawkes' owner Albus Dumbledore's Order of the Phoenix and the conspirators of the Gunpowder Plot. It has also been said that the naming of Fawkes arises from the phoenix's tendency to catch fire.
  • In the story "Witch Week" of the Chrestomanci series, an alternate universe is created when Fawkes succeeds in destroying Parliament.
  • In Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre, Jane believes Ms. Abbot thinks of her as an "infantile Guy Fawkes"--always watching everyone and scheming.
  • In the Lucasarts video game Armed and Dangerous (video game) there is a weapon known as the Guy Fawkes Traitor Bomb, which causes all victims caught in the blast to turn upon their allies.
  • In the island chain of the Galapagos, one of the islands is named Isla Guy Fawkes

Popular culture

A common phrase is that Fawkes was "the only man to ever enter parliament with honourable intentions."[1][2] (This phrase may have originated in a nineteenth-century pantomime, and was commonly seen on anarchist posters during the early twentieth century. The Scottish Socialist Party became embroiled in controversy when they resurrected the poster with humorous intent in 2003).

The protagonist of the graphic novel and film V for Vendetta wears a costume inspired by Fawkes.

Guy Fawkes appears in the 2002 list of "100 Greatest Britons", sponsored by the BBC and voted for by the public. The list ranks him alongside others such as John Lennon, David Beckham, Aleister Crowley, Winston Churchill and Johnny Rotten. He was also included in a list of the 50 greatest people from Yorkshire.

Guy Fawkes is documented in many film newsreels (see the archives of British Pathé and Movie Tone). The discovery of the plot, the celebration, and Guy Fawkes are also mentioned in many popular songs and ballads. Notably, on the vinyl version of The Smiths' album Strangeways, Here We Come, the words "Guy Fawkes was a genius" are carved near the centre of the record.

A popular British rhyme is often quoted on Guy Fawkes Night, in memory of the Gunpowder Plot:

Remember, remember, the 5th of November
The Gunpowder Treason and plot ;
I know of no reason why Gunpowder Treason
Should ever be forgot.
Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes,
'Twas his intent.
To blow up the King and the Parliament.
Three score barrels of powder below.
Poor old England to overthrow.
By God's providence he was catch'd,
With a dark lantern and burning match
Holloa boys, Holloa boys, let the bells ring
Holloa boys, Holloa boys, God save the King!
Hip hip Hoorah !
Hip hip Hoorah !
A penny loaf to feed ol'Pope,
A farthing cheese to choke him.
A pint of beer to rinse it down,
A faggot of sticks to burn him.
Burn him in a tub of tar,'
Burn him like a blazing star.
Burn his body from his head,
Then we'll say: ol'Pope is dead.

On John Lennon's 1970 solo album John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band, Lennon sings "Remember, remember, the 5th of November" on the song "Remember". The lyrics are followed by the sound of an explosion.

 

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Monday, July 17, 2006

if I gave you the truth, would it keep you alive?

            Its all really starting to make sense now, the wire taps, Global Warming, the massacre (or as Bush calls it, the `War on Terrorism`) in other words- the rape of the constitution. It`s all about to become obsolete. You can almost smell it in the air. Lists have been compiled of individuals dangerous to the government. As you`re reading this, there`s a new mass production going on- shackled box cars. One of these days, could be a few years from now, could be a few weeks, but the government is going to set forth the Martial act which would basically render the constitution worthless. People on special lists labeled as `red` and `blue` are going to be immediately arrested, chained and ultimately, killed. Facilities for those opposing the government are now in every single state. Now go back and re-read the last two sentences. Right before they come to get you cell phones will be jammed so you can`t call anyone for help.And what`s up with the whole monitoring thing? Next thing you know, they`re shoving a tracker up you ass; that reminds me, the whole `tap and go` metro card thing? Boycot that, it`s ridiculous. And haven`t you heard they`re planning to take civilians firearms away?  I haven`t the slightest idea on how exactly they`re planning to that other than march into peoples homes but by the time they do get to that it`ll be too late. We (and by we I mean anyone and everyone who values freedom) need to mobilize. You may not realize that you`re on the list. Hundreds of thousands of troops from other countries have been flown into the United States of America so that when the time comes to act, they, unlike our own American soldiers, will have no guilt whatsoever in shooting Americans. The following is a website that explains in greater detail whats happening right now, you can even see where some of the facilities are in your state. Watcha gonna do when they come for you?

 

 

 

http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2004/03/281821.shtml

 

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Tuesday, June 06, 2006

hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia...

...is a fear of the number 666

So maybe math IS the root of all evil? So anyway, today is the long awaited June 6, 2006 and I woke up at three, looked out my window and...nothing. I didn't really expect much of show anyway. So here it is, and I know I'd regret it if I didn't post at least something so here goes. Oh yeah, people say that today, the Devil is supposed to be born but let me just say this, kudos to the woman that manages to pop out a horned baby. Three is supposed to be the number of God so if you think about it, if the Devil is supposed be born today (which is bullshit) then on March 3, 2003 (or 3.3.03), the savior was born, so it all balances out.

 

666: A Brief History of a Number

It all began with one line in the Book of Revelation 13:18: "This calls for wisdom: let him who has understanding reckon the number of the beast, for it is a human number, its number is six hundred and sixty-six." The beast is also known as the Antichrist, according to some apocalyptic theories.

The Book of Revelation is also called the Apocalypse of John, and recounts two visions John the Evangelist (aka John the Apostle or John of Patmos) received on the island of Patmos. In the early days of the church, some bishops argued against including it in the canon of the New Testament because it is difficult to interpret and could be abused.

666 Trivia:

Ancient Hebrew, like Greek and other languages, did not have a separate set of characters to indicate numbers. Instead, the letters of the alphabet were used, and it was common practice to calculate the numerical equivalent of names -- an ancient practice called gematria, also called numerology.

Many scholars say the "beast" is really a coded reference for the Roman emperor Nero, who savagely persecuted early converts to the Christian church. Other say it refers to Domitian, an emperor who proclaimed himself the general enforcer of morality during his reign and was devoted to the Roman religion.

Some Christians associate 666 with the Antichrist -- but the word "Antichrist" does not appear in Revelation.

Scholars believe the John the Evangelist, the writer of Revelation, was trying to unite his fellow believers against a tyrannical Roman Empire by promising a fiery judgment for enemies of the nascent church.

According to some interpretations of Revelation, the Antichrist's arrival will occur during a time when political leaders are pushing for a one-world government, a single economic system and single religion.

Believers in the number's power have used various letter-numeric codes to convert the names of many political leaders -- including many Roman Catholic popes -- to come out 666, marking them as that generation's Antichrist. Some of those names include former U.S. Presidents Franklin Delano Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton.

When the Reagans moved out of the White House in 1989 to the exclusive neighborhood of Bel-Air in Beverly Hills, they changed their address from 666 St. Cloud Road to 668.

The number 666 is part of every UPC (Universal Product Code) barcode, used to identify almost all retail items on store shelves -- a coincidence, according to the code's inventor. Technically, from a computer's perspective there is no such number, but a selective visual reading of a barcode does show a pattern due to the digital nature of the barcode itself. Some believe the UPC itself is the "mark of the beast."

Using one code in numerology, 666 also is the number for the WWW of the World Wide Web.

666 is the sum of all the numbers on a typical roulette wheel.

The online sports betting site BetUS.com gives Earth a better-than-sporting chance of surviving past June 6, 2006. At 100,000-to-1 odds, a maximum $500 bet that the world will survive will win half a penny if Wednesday comes around. A winning $100 bet that the apocalypse happens on Tuesday could earn a cool $10 million -- if you can collect it.

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Monday, May 29, 2006

spread of AIDS and the intelligence of America

a picture is worth a thousand words

 

http://www.youtube.com/v/XS3mhjt7TrY

 

 http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer

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Sunday, May 28, 2006

Bloody Mary

Personally i've never been a fan of the drink, I kind of have this thing against tomato juice.

 

Mary I, the queen of England from 1553 to 1558 became known as "Bloody Mary" during the reign of her successor, Elizabeth on account of the perceived ferocity of her religious persecutions; she has borne the epithet ever since. "Bloody Mary" is also a name for a ghost or witch who appears in children's folklore; other very similar tales use different names.

Several fictional characters are also called Bloody Mary.

Queen Mary I of England is called Bloody Mary because of her persecution of Protestants. The Protestant Reformation, started fitfully in England by King Henry VIII, became established policy under the brief reign of Edward VI. Mary, like her mother Catherine of Aragon, whom Henry VIII had spurned, was a devout Roman Catholic. She contracted an unpopular marriage to the equally devout Philip II of Spain. The pair, with the assistance of conservative churchmen such as Edward "Bloody" Bonner and Stephen Gardiner, sought to reimpose Roman Catholicism upon the religiously divided country.

During her brief reign of just over five years, Mary had almost three hundred people burnt at the stake for heresy. Her persecutions were notable also for the prominence of their victims; the first person to die was the Protestant John Rogers, who had completed and published Tyndale's work as Matthew's Bible. While heresy trials and executions occurred both before and after her reign, she executed more than twice as many as had been executed for this crime over the preceding century and a half.

In folklore and children's street culture, "Bloody Mary" is the name of a children's game in which a ghost or witch of the same name (or sometimes other names, such as Mary Worth) is said to appear in a mirror when summoned. One of the more common ways participants attempt to make her appear is to stand before a mirror in the dark and repeat her name three times, though there are many variations. Some include chanting a hundred times, chanting at midnight, spinning around, or rubbing one's eyes. Most of these are meant to disorient people. In some versions of the legend, the summoner must say "Bloody Mary, I killed your son!" (or "I killed your baby"). In these variants, Bloody Mary is often believed to be the spirit of a mother (often a widow) who murdered her children, or a woman who was murdered shortly before or after her wedding. In stories where Mary is supposed to have been wrongly accused of killing her children, the querent might say "I believe in Mary Worth." This is similar to another game involving the summoning of The Bell Witch in a mirror at midnight. Similar rituals are also used to summon spirits in the movies Beetlejuice (1988) and Candyman (1992). The game is often a test of courage, as it is said that if Bloody Mary is summoned, she would murder the summoner, often in a quite violent way, such as gouging out his or her eyes. Other variations say that the querent must not look directly at her, but at her image in the mirror; she will then reveal the querent's future, particularly concerning marriage and children.

Bloody Mary Worth is typically described as a child-murderess who lived in the locality where the legend has taken root about a century ago. There is often a specific local graveyard or tombstone that becomes attached to the legend.

On the other hand, various people have surmised that the lore about taunting Bloody Mary about her baby may relate her tenuously to folklore about Queen Mary I. ([1], [2]) The queen's life was marked by a number of miscarriages or false pregnancies. Had Mary I successfully borne a child, this would have established a Roman Catholic succession and threatened the continuance of her religious persecutions after her death. Speculation exists that the miscarriages were deliberately induced. As a result, some retellings of the tale make Bloody Mary the queen driven to madness by the loss of her children. ([3]) It is likely, however, that Queen Mary I provided only her nickname to the Bloody Mary of folklore.

She is also confused in some tellings of the story with Mary Queen of Scots. Bloody Mary is sometimes said to have bathed in the blood of her child victims in order to retain a youthful complexion; this would appear to confound her with Elizabeth Báthory.

The mirror ritual by which Bloody Mary is summoned may also relate to a form of divination involving mirrors and darkness that was once performed on Halloween. While as with any sort of folklore the details may vary, this particular tale encouraged young women to walk up a flight of stairs backwards, holding a candle and a hand mirror, in a darkened house. As they gazed into the mirror, they were supposed to be able to catch a view of their future husband's face. There was, however, a chance that they would see the skull-face of the Grim Reaper instead; this meant, of course, that they were destined to die before they married.

Bloody Mary is also the name of a major character in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific. She is a native islander, a trader and a somewhat salty character in the play, but there is no known link between the ghost folklore and the musical. Juanita Hall originated the character on the stage, and also played her in the 1958 motion picture version.

A song about her makes U.S. Navy sailors sing, Bloody Mary is the girl I love, her skin is as tender as DiMaggio's glove, and that she chews betel nuts, and doesn't use Pepsodent, with the refrain Now ain't that too damn bad!

Other Bloody Marys