Mary Weather & Other Legends We Enjoyed as Children
Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2014 4:07 pm
Hi Folks:
Years ago, when I was a kid, having seances became very popular, as the show "Dark Shadows" held such a strong influence over all of us. Late Spring in Chicago is known for being rife with huge thunder storms, and we often had power outages because of them. I remember one late Spring night, I think it was mid May, we had an outage that lasted for about 4 hours, and the legend of Mary Weather was really taking off. It was believe that if you place a lit candle on a table, and stood in front of that mirror, held your hands a certain way, and repeated "I believe in Mary Weather" 7 times, she would appear to you, and you would either be killed or driven insane.
During this particular stormy night, my sister and I, and a group of friends all took turns trying it out, and none of us got past 3 repititions of "I believe in Mary weather." My buddy and I made it three times, my younger and her friends only did it once, and one guy chickened out all together, all though I don't blame him. To this very day, that legend creeps me out so much that I still wouldn't stand in front of a mirrow, even without a candle and repeat "I believe in Mary Weather."
Anyone else have a childhood legend or scary thing they use to like to do?
Mike
Years ago, when I was a kid, having seances became very popular, as the show "Dark Shadows" held such a strong influence over all of us. Late Spring in Chicago is known for being rife with huge thunder storms, and we often had power outages because of them. I remember one late Spring night, I think it was mid May, we had an outage that lasted for about 4 hours, and the legend of Mary Weather was really taking off. It was believe that if you place a lit candle on a table, and stood in front of that mirror, held your hands a certain way, and repeated "I believe in Mary Weather" 7 times, she would appear to you, and you would either be killed or driven insane.
During this particular stormy night, my sister and I, and a group of friends all took turns trying it out, and none of us got past 3 repititions of "I believe in Mary weather." My buddy and I made it three times, my younger and her friends only did it once, and one guy chickened out all together, all though I don't blame him. To this very day, that legend creeps me out so much that I still wouldn't stand in front of a mirrow, even without a candle and repeat "I believe in Mary Weather."
Anyone else have a childhood legend or scary thing they use to like to do?
Mike