[UA] New artifact and ritual as an urban legend

[rowan at media.mit.edu]

> I think they were referring to this particular version of the myth,
> which developed amongst homeless children in Florida.
> 
> http://www.miaminewtimes.com/issues/1997-06-05/feature.html
> 
> It's definitely worth readin and inspired a lot of the UnderAge
> discussion a while back.

Yeah, that link has been posted about 75 times now. We've all read it. The 
misconception I was addressing with my post was:

> > it has somehow formed by word of mouth exclusively and has even been
> > found
> > to have moved to Europe. 

The Bloody Mary myth existed in Europe long before it did in America, and the 
Miami version has not migrated to Europe at all, as far as I've heard. The 
article is a little unclear on this in its statement:

 "[Bloody Mary's] name was first spoken in hushed tones among children all over 
America nearly twenty years ago. Even in Sweden folklorists reported Bloody 
Mary's fame."

The first sentence should say: "In America, Bloody Mary's name was first spoken 
20 years ago." The ambiguity created by its actual structure confused at least 
one member of the list, and I was resolving that ambiguity.

-Matt Norwood

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