The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

MARY MCINTOSH

AT MIDNIGHT ON HALLOWEEN GO INTO A ROOM ALONE AND STAND IN FRONT OF A
MIRROR. NEXT SAY MARY MCINTOSH 10 TIMES WITH
YOUR EYES CLOSED. THEN STAMP
YOUR RIGHT FOOT 10 TIMES. NOW OPEN YOUR EYES AND IN THE MIRROR YOU
WILL SEE HOW MARY MCINTOSH DIED. SHE STABBED HERSELF IN THE HEAD.

Submitter comment: THIS WAS TOLD TO ME IN NEW ORLEANS IN THE 1960'S.

Where learned: LOUISIANA ; New Orleans

Date learned: 00001960S