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Title	Bloody Mary, Marshall County, Iowa
Genre	Urban legend
Description	Deborah Laverty's transcribed variant of the Bloody Mary urban legend as collected by herself. Laverty describes the story of Mary Worth, a witch who was supposedly burned at the stake. She goes on to describe the ritual one goes through in order to see Mary in the mirror.
Informant	Laverty, Deborah
Collector	Laverty, Deborah
Date of Original	1970
Contextual Information	The informant states that many people she knew tried this ritual and got scared, but she believes that alcohol consumption may have played a large part in their fear.
Repository	Indiana State University Folklore Archives, Special Collections, Cunningham Memorial Library, Terre Haute, Indiana 47809
Coverage	United States -- Iowa -- Marshall County -- 1970
Subject	Witches Mirrors Rites & ceremonies
WV3 Subject	Folklore
Type	text
Material Type	Interviews
Date Digital	2011-07-07
Technical Metadata	image/tiff 300 dpi; Epson GT-20000; Epson Scan
Copyright	Digital image copyright c 2010 Indiana Folklore Collection.
Item ID	isuf-BloodyMary002

Bloody Mary, Marshall County, Iowa

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