The adage “the hair of the dog that bit you” comes from folk wisdom that like cures like, so ancient that the idea was expressed in Latin: Similia similibus curanter. This Law of Similars is based on the concept that a substance capable of evoking certain symptoms in an essentially healthy person, when diluted to safe levels and carefully prepared in accordance with rigid procedures, will elicit a healing response from the body. The ancients believed that one of the best cures for hydrophobia (a symptom of rabies), or any disease contracted from a dog bite was hair from the dog that bit you; the hair (often burned first) was applied to the wound and would essentially ward off any harm from the bite.

-Similia Similibus Curanter


This design is a fusion of dog and fish. The dog (Gaelic ‘cu’) represents protection, hunting and healing. In Celtic mythology, the hunt is a means by which animals move between the realm of magic and gods, and the mortal world. Celts revered hunting dogs, believing them to be from the Otherworld realm and to possess supernatural qualities. Hounds were considered guardians who guided the souls of the dead to the Otherworld. The fish (Gaelic ‘bradan’) is common in The Book of Kells. Fish embody the spirits which Celts traditionally believe inhabit holy springs or wells. The mythological spirit-fish possess mystic wisdom. So drink like a fish and enjoy the hunt.


Fernand Petiot, an American bartender at Harry's New York Bar in Paris, first invented the drink in the 1920's. He mixed up equal parts of tomato juice and vodka. He had no idea that his concoction would become world famous when he agreed with the guy in the bar who suggested he call the drink "Bloody Mary." The patron said it reminded him of the Bucket of Blood Club in Chicago, and a girl he knew there named Mary.

In 1934, Petiot moved to the King Cole Bar at the St. Regis Hotel in New York City, and brought the recipe with him. The hotel managers tried to change the name to Red Snapper, but it didn't stick.

Sophisticated New Yorkers weren't too impressed at first. They said the drink tasted a bit bland, and they asked Petiot to spice it up. At this time Petiot added black pepper, cayenne pepper, Worcestershire sauce, lemon and a splash of hot sauce.


About 100 years ago or so there was a woman named Mary. One day she had a terrible accident and her face was scratched so badly that she bled to death. But her spirit could not rest. Bloody Mary roams the world as an evil ghost. If you stand in front of a mirror in the dark and say her name three times, you will see her horribly mangled face appear. If you don't turn on the light and run away as fast as you can she will try to scratch your face off. Mary Worth is the woman believed to be Bloody Mary aka the Mirror Witch.

Bloody Mary, also called La Llorona - the Crying woman, is modern urban myth among children found in many places around the world. The details vary exactly, she was a women wronged by a man, she was the Virgin Mary who now leads an army of demons against God; she was witch and still has retained her magic to the grave and many other variations.

One thing is constant, the method of her appearance. She comes when summoned, appearing in a mirror to the summoner who must have repeated her name three times. Once summoned she might answer a question, but having got her attention nothing, but bad things can come of it. She may attack the one who has called her, either to disfigure or kill. Alternatively she may curse them and cause them great misfortune.

This isn't her only interest in children however. Some believe that she hates all children and does everything she can to make them suffer. Some she targets particularly causing them to meet unfortunate and bloody ends, others she exerts influence on more subtly, leading them to a life of drug addiction and crime.
She appears as a women clothed in billowing black clothing, with a blood red rosary. Her most distinctive feature is her lack of eyes; instead she simply has empty eye sockets that weep blood.