Mary myths

Mary Myths Have you heard some ""legend" about Mary? Something in media refering to her? Or just a Doubt? Please post here!!!!

1.Does the drink "blood Mary" have something to do with our Mary???	There's some interesting views, here there is one: The story goes that when he mixed the tomato juice and vodka, a patron suggested that the drink be named the Bloody Mary, because it was reminiscent of the Bucket of Blood Club in Chicago, and a girl there named Mary. Another account is that the drink is named after the lovely Bloody Mary herself, Queen Mary I, famous for her persecution of the Protestants. By http://www.drinksmix.net/bloody_mary_history.htm
2. Did Mary send a pregnant woman to her death??	PROBABLY this is NOT true,Mary's dream was to have a son, she loved children, she gave love to her sister,Elizabeth and brother, Edward in their youth.She would never do such act.
3. Mary and the mirror.	The Bloody Mary legend, or myth, is based on the story that if the Bloody Mary of Legend was summoned this would unleash an evil spirit from the past. In the Bloody Mary legend the ghost or spirit of Bloody Mary could be summoned by chanting "Bloody Mary!" into a mirror in a dark room lit only by a candle. The evil spirit unleashed in the form of Bloody Mary might perform any number of terrifying acts from bloody murder to abduction. The Bloody Mary Legend and myth has the power to spark the imagination and her story is used as a basis for the ghost stories told to frighten any listeners. Re-enacting the Bloody Mary Legend enables people to satisfy their craving for excitement by participating in scary ritual games in the dark. By:http://www.the-tudors.org.uk/bloody-mary-legend.htm
4. Is the nursery rhyme, "Mary, Mary Quite Contrary" about Queen Mary I? "Mary, Mary, quite contrary, How does your garden grow? With silver bells and cockle shells And pretty maids all in a row."	Many people say that the popular nursery rhyme was about Mary, Queen of Scots, some say it wasn't about anyone in particular but used the name Mary, while others say it was about Queen Mary I. The nursery rhyme is a euphemism to the reign of Queen Mary I regarding the executions of several Protestants during her reign. "How does your garden grow?" refers to the graveyards increasing in size from executions. "With silver bells and cockle shells" refers to torture devices. The silver bells are thumbscrews which crushed the thumb as a screw would tighten between two hard surfaces. The cockle shells refer to torture devices placed on the genital region. "Pretty maids all in a row" refers to a device called the Maiden, which was a beheading device and precursor to the guillotine. Paraphrased from: <a class="external" href="http://www.rhymes.org.uk/mary_mary_quite_contrary.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.rhymes.org.uk/mary_mary_quite_contrary.htm</a> Another less bloody version says instead that the silver bells and cockleshells were badges worn by the devout on their holy pilgrimages, specially to Compostela in Spain. The pretty maids were the nuns that she returned to England under her rule.

5. Was Mary a dull, stoic women?	No,although Mary could be reserved she was anything but dull. Mary loved music and especially dance. She would have been considered quite a fashion trendsetter of her time. Mary loved gowns in the French style. She loved beautiful jewelry and owned many exquisite pieces (Elizabeth Taylor now owns famous pearl necklace which was a piece of Marys) Mary did sponsor artists when she was queen, she also enjoyed to gamble!!
6.In many movies and portraits Mary is portrayed as being ugly and old compared to Elizabeth is this true? (A beautiful portrait made in queen Victoria I reign called "Mary,the first")	Mary is wasn't ugly of course that in 16 century especially for women, the time wasn't "likeable" towards mature women.At young age Mary was known for her beauty, as duke philip of bavaria, Anne of cleves's cousin, reffered to Mary of a great beauty,unlike her husband who said Mary wasn't more atractive around the time of their married.
7.Was Mary a fashionista?	Mary was known by her huge sense of style(very commom among tudor queens)here there's a description of Queen Mary took from Linda Porter's site about Mary I by the Venetian ambassador Giacomo Soranzo, stated that: ''She seems to delight above all in arraying herself elegantly and magnificently and her garments are of two sorts: the one gown such as men wear (surcote), but fitting very close, with an under-petticoat, which has a very long train, and this is her ordinary costume, being also that of a gentlewoman of England. The other garment is a gown and bodice with wide hanging sleeves in the French fashion, which she wears on state occasions, and she also wears much embroidery, and gowns and mantles of cloth of gold, and cloth of silver of great value, and changes every day. She also makes great use of jewels, wearing them both on her chaperon (hood), and round her neck, and as trimming for her gowns. This interesting report challenges our idea of Mary's daily costume. Instead of the bell sleeved, low-waisted gown we identify with Mary she preferred to wear the surcote and kept her signature costume for state occasions such as her first meeting with Philip as described by Andres Muñoz : The queen was clad in a gladres (gown) of black velvet, high in the neck, according to the custom over there, without any ornament whatsoever, with a front of frosted silver embroidery, and a chapiron (hood) of black velvet with its gold pieces of great value, gracefully set; and a narrow girdle of very marvellous stones and a collar of the same sort.