What is your opinion on the Bloody Mary legend?

Question

Is it true, false, why, why not? Any stories or experiences you'd like to share? This kind of thing fascinates me.

Answer 1

False. Did it, nothing happened except that I scared/awed the hell out of some frightened classmates when I was 10.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Mary_(person)

Answer 2

many different thoughts are relating to the real Bloody Mary... One, Queen Mary Tudor of britain. She had 3 hundred human beings burned on the steak. A ghost of Mary worth who replaced right into a witch killed in Salem Witch Trials. a woman named Elizabeth Bathory, a countess who replaced into suggested to kill women after which bathe of their blood to keep her young ones. no count which tale you opt for-and there are reward to each and each of them-the consumer-friendly approach of summoning her is very nearly an identical, a darkened room, a replicate, and the chanting of her call. A version of a chant is "Bloody replicate, bloody replicate" you are able to ask her questions (if she's in a good temper) by using the replicate, yet i haven't heard something approximately utilising a 5pence coin.

Answer 3

In the USA we used to say "
I believe in Mary Worth", and she was supposed to appear if you said it enough times. We never saw anything just scared the bej**us out of us. Any little noise we heard, we would scream. We didn't know what we were doing, those were the good ole days, when scaring each other was a lot of fun. Maybe someone during the Revolutionary war changed from Bloody Mary to Mary Worth, who knows?

Answer 4

Bloody Mary actually refers to Mary I of England who prosecuted over 300 Protestants (burned at the stake) and people gave her the nickname "Bloody Mary." The legend of her appearing before the mirror was entirely conjured for slumber party entertainment. The appearance of a ghostly figure in the mirror could be explained quite easily for the more complex rituals, for example spinning around whilst summoning Bloody Mary in front of a mirror lit by candles. The combination of dizziness, rapid movement and flickering lighting could easily fool the eye into seeing someone, especially when the idea has already been implanted. The participant may think that they have seen a spirit, it is, however, most likely a trick of the eye brought upon by the combination of darkness and fear.

Answer 5

False, but it scared the hell out of me when I was a kid. I passed on the legend to some of the middle schooler's I teach. They were fascinated and just as creeped out as I was. I've tried it many times, nothing ever happened!

Answer 6

It's just a story

Bloody Mary goes back to 1978, when folklist Janet Langlois published her essay on the legend.
http://www.snopes.com/horrors/ghosts/bloodymary.asp

Bloody Mary, nickname of Mary Tudor, Queen of England from 1553 to 1558, daughter of Henry VIII and half-sister of Elizabeth I. The nickname was acquired from her persecution of Protestants, as she was a Catholic following two Protestant kings (Henry VIII and his son, Mary's half-brother, Edward VI).

Answer 7

FALSE cuz ive tried all the different techniques and myths and nothin had ever happened obvisiouly cuz im here typin to u it made a good episode of ghost whisperer if it intersts u, u should try to find it and watch it

Answer 8

It's just a myth. I tried it once at a sleepover when I was 9. Absolutely nothing happened. Biggest waste of time in my life.

Answer 9

False. Did the instructions your suppose to do to call her and nothing happened.

Answer 10

Hoopla!