Just by pronouncing the word "Bloody Mary" comes a slight chill.Around this very common Anglo-Saxon name and its bloody adjective, two interesting stories are opened that weave on their own, a whole compendium in the matter of curiosities.This bright red cocktail urges its origin in the sixteenth century, while the urban legend with the same name and which is related to mirrors, acquired fame in the twentieth century, opening a whole path for movies, fears and traditions.
But, maybe they have something to do with each other?
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This famous and nutritious cocktail was created in 1920 by a renowned New York barman: Ferdinand Petiot. The way he came up with this peculiar recipe is simply due to a great night , great drunkenness.I mix all the elements that I had at that moment: tomato juice, vodka and tabasco.They did not dare to try a strange mixture, but at the insistence of the drunken Petiot, his clientele agreed.The taste was irresistible and became popular immediately.

They called him « Mary the bloody ».Bloody Mary.If you wonder who this Mary was, we'll tell you the story...
Situemonos, XVI century.Maria Tudor was the daughter of Henry VIII of England and Catherine of Aragon.When she thought she was going to reach the throne, she was succeeded by her maid of honor Ana Bolena , who became queen of England and expelled Maria from the kingdom.But later, Ana, was sentenced to death for adultery, executed by order of her own husband, and of course...Maria could reign.
Soon, he married Felipe II, King of Spain , a fact that caused a rebellion that resulted in a tightening of the regime.Maria imposed Catholicism, imprisoned Isabel in the Tower of London and he persecuted the Protestants.His reign was inhabited by crimes and executions.It was a terribly bloody era that marked this kind-faced woman, though ungrateful, called Mary.

Scholars of the subject often say that he took the name of Mary I of England (the bloodthirsty) , to give it to a character from American children's folklore.And the origin of Bloody Mary as an urban legend begins in 1978 when Janet Langlois publishes her essay entitled Mary Whales, I Believe in You ': Myth and Ritual Subdued.In her book popularized a custom that children used to have when it came to mirrors, testimonies that he collected over several years that his investigation lasted.
It is said for example that a child called Bloody Mary forty-seven times (on other occasions it is only 3) in front of the mirror and that soon, a woman appeared with a knife and a wart on her nose.It is said that everything arose around the murder of a girl in a US forest on Pine Road.Girls used to have the habit of calling her after she died in the bathrooms.They wanted them to talk about the future.

To invoke it, it was enough to prick your fingers with a pin to drop two drops of blood, and then simply say," We believe in Bloody Mary "three times in front of the mirror, remember that in popular culture it is believed that mirrors are doors to other worlds...
Anyway, it is curious as the name of Bloody Mary has endured in time.Whether in urban legends, or in our Saturday night cocktails...
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