What is the origin and meaning of bathtub mary?
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What a STRANGE thing!!!\n\n\n"There's a dominant cultural attitude that these are the people who see Elvis at the 7-Eleven." \n\n-- Utah State University folklorist Jeannie Thomas speaking about people who make Bathtub Mary's \n\nOne of the quirkiest example of "adaptive reuse" is the Bathtub Mary. As the name implies, it's a home-made shrine to The Virgin using an old clawfoot tub. You see many Bathtub Mary's on the front lawns of elderly people of Italian or Portuguese heritage. \n\nYou basically take an old clawfoot bathtub, up end it, bury it half way, and fill in the hole. What you're left with is a little arched alcove. You paint the inside of the alcove UN sky blue and then place a statue of The Virgin in the little abode. You plant a lot of flowers and bushes around Mary to complete the shrine. \n\nAlas, many of these elderly people are unaware that their old clawfoot bathtub could be sold to a young yuppie couple for $700, which would go a long way in the poor box serving the needs of the poor 'n' junk. \n\nBe warned, Bathtub Mary's are a natural magnet for pranksters. It's not uncommon to wake up one Sunday morning and find your Bathtub Mary surrounded by a collection of pilfered lawn gnomes, arrayed in front of the Bathtub Mary like so many pint sized ceramic pilgrims. \n\n\nhttp://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1317441\n\nhttp://www.splendoroftruth.com/curtjester/archives/006663.php
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It came from Mary Tudor... aka Mary I Queen of England... She had a whole bunch of Protestants killed in an attempt to move England back to Catholicism thus earning the nickname Bloody Mary.  Since then the term Bloody has been very offensive in England.
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I would like to clear up some errors found in the above answers. Mary Magdalene is explicitly named in the canonical scriptures as demon possessed, but NOT a prostitute. The woman who was going to be stoned for being caught in the act of adultery was not named in the Bible (John 8:1-11). \n\nThere is a Mary (of "Mary and Martha") - she was the sinner who washed Jesus' feet with her tears and dried his feet with her hair. She also anointed Jesus with ointment (beginning in Luke 7:37). John 11:2 identifies this woman as Mary of Bethany. She had a sister named Martha -- they were both sisters of Lazarus. People often mistake this Mary for Mary Magdalene. This isn't true, either.\n\nMary Magdalene was one of several women who was healed of evil spirits and infirmities as Jesus toured Galilee for the fourth time. She had seven demons cast out of her Luke 8:2). Once she was healed, she became a follower of Jesus Christ.
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Feminine of Michael possibly?  It is of French origin, and means "one who is like god"-
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Martha was the sister of Mary of Bethany. We know only what we read about her in the Gospels of Luke and John. Whatever is said about her early life comes to us from apocryphal writings which usually are no more than the work of somebody's imagination. We know that she busied herself preparing a meal for Jesus and his disciples, then went to Jesus to complain that Mary did nothing while she had to do all the housework. It was at that time Jesus reminder her that Mary had chosen "the best part". Birth and death are only guesses. Death  around C 80, Birth, I can't see any date.
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I don't know all of them, but the first one refers to someone putting their dog (named Jip) in the bathtub and running water in the hopes that he'll pee inside and they won't have to walk him on the icy streets. \n\nAndover is a school, I think (also a town in Massachusets with a big school- I think it's MIT)\n\nNot worth two shakes of a mare's tail-- not worth much, but I don't know the origin of the phrase. \n\nI hope someone else knows the rest.  Good Luck!!
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ha hahaha...that is awesome. i would assume it is because the translation "La Mama" means the breast. Madre is mother, not mama. mammory glands-breast-mama.
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A Douche (/duʃ/, French for "shower") in American English generally describes a stream of water or a device used to introduce a stream of water into the body for medical or "sanitary" reasons. In other languages douche only has the original French meaning of shower. In the US English sense, it is similar to an enema, however the term is used colloquially to apply to the use in the vagina for women\n\n~~~  That is the REAL definition.   It is an actual bag used for feminine hygiene.  They are sold in local pharmacies if u are curious to see the item...//  But in reality, when the term is used, u are basically being referred to as a "WHIMP".
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Matilda (sometimes spelled Mathilda) is a female name, of Teutonic derivation, meaning "mighty warrior." Its most common alternate forms are Maud and Mathilde. Among the notable women who have borne that name are:\n\nMatilda of Ringelheim (892 – 967/8), Holy Roman Empress \nMatilda of Flanders (~1031 – 1083), Queen of England, wife of William I of England \nMatilda of Tuscany (1046 – 1114), Countess of Tuscany (also called Matilda or Matilde of Canossa) \nMatilda of Scotland (c. 1080 – 1118), originally named Edith, wife of Henry I of England \nMatilda of England (1102 – 1167), Lady of the English, Holy Roman Empress, daughter of Henry I of England (also called the Empress Maud) \nMatilda of Boulogne (1104 – 1152), Queen of England, wife of Stephen of England \nMatilda Plantagenet (1156 – 1189), Duchess of Saxony, daughter of Henry II of England \nMatilda Joslyn Gage (1826 – 1898), 19th century American feminist and freethinker \nSaint Matilda
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Bloody Mary\n\n\nLegend:   Chanting "Bloody Mary!" thirteen times in front of a candlelit mirror will summon a vengeful spirit. \n\nExample:   [Collected on the Internet, 1995] \n\nIf you go into the bathroom and look into the mirror with the lights off and the room completely black, and then say 'Bloody Mary' thirteen times, a woman will appear and scratch your face up/off. \n\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nI was told that if you said "Hell Mary" seven times in front of a mirror in a dark room, you would see Satan's image in the mirror. The story was embellished further by the teller, who claimed that after three "Hell Mary", the mirror turned red, and that after five an unclear face appeared. \n\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nHere's how I always heard the story. You go into a room with a mirror and turn all the lights off (this works well in a bathroom). You begin, in a whisper, to chant "bloody mary. bloody mary, Bloody Mary", as you continue to chant your voice should grow louder and louder into a near scream. While you are chanting you should be spinning around at a medium rate and taking a glimpse in the mirror at each pass. Near the 13th repetition of the words . . . "she" should appear and...? \n\nA frend of mine said that her roommate tried this and ran out screaming from the bathroom. She was shaking and appeared genuinely terrified and refused to talk about the incident, but those who were around her when she came out noticed that her clenched fingers were covered in blood.  \n\nVariations: \nThe avenging spirit goes by many names: Bloody Mary, Bloody Bones, Hell Mary, Mary Worth, Mary Worthington, Mary Whales, Mary Johnson, Mary Lou, Mary Jane, Sally, Kathy, Agnes, Black Agnes, Aggie, Svarte Madame. \n\nSummoning Mary requires the right chant. "I believe in Mary Worth" is the key phrase according to one version, but others require the shouting of "Kathy, come out!" or the repetition of "Bloody Mary" into the mirror as many times as the ritual demands. (Sometimes Bloody Mary gets more of a script and is summoned by calls of "Bloody Mary! I killed your baby!") \n\nThe precise requirements of the ritual vary. Some specify that the mirror must be illuminated by a single candle; in others, there must be a candle on each side. In some versions, the message to Mary is repeated by just one girl who is either a volunteer or one selected by the others to summon up the mirror-witch. The number of chants needed to fetch Mary also varies. \n\nWhat the mirror-witch does upon arrival varies too. She may strike her summoner dead, drive her mad, or fiercely scratch her face. She may merely peer malevolently out through the mirror, or she may drag one of the girls back through it to live with her. \nOrigins:   The research into Bloody Mary goes  back to 1978, when folklorist Janet Langlois published her essay on the legend. Belief in summoning the mirror-witch was even at that time widespread throughout the U.S. \n\nMary is summoned whenever squealing girls get together for a sleepover, but boys have been known to call on her too. (The 'Bloody Mary' legend was common when I was a kid in the early 1970s. We typically performed the "ritual" in bathrooms, because the bathrooms of our suburban homes had large mirrors and were easily darkened even during the day since they had no windows. A familiar 'Bloody Mary' story was one about a girl who supposedly ended her incantation with a spiteful "I don't believe in Mary Worth," then tripped over the doorjamb while exiting the bathroom and broke her  \nhip.) \n\nMary is said to be a witch who was executed a hundred years ago for plying the black arts, or a woman of more modern times who died in a local car accident in which her face was hi
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The English Origins: There was a noble origin to the water closet in its earliest days. Sir John Harrington, godson to Queen Elizabeth, set about making a "necessary" for his godmother and himself in 1596. A rather accomplished inventor, Harrington ended his career with this invention, for he was ridiculed by his peers for this absurd device. He never built another one, though he and his godmother both used theirs. Two hundred years passed before another tinker, Alexander Cummings,\nwould reinvent Harrington's water closet. Cummings invented the Strap,\na sliding valve between the bowl and the trap. It was the first of its kind.\nHowever, it didn't take long for others to follow Cummings lead.\nTwo years later in 1777, Samuel Prosser applied for and received a patent\nfor a plunger closet. On his heels came Joseph Bramah, only one year later.\nHis closet had a valve at the bottom of the bowl that worked on a hinge,\na predecessor to the modern ballcock. Himself a bit of a sailor, Bramah's\ncloset was used extensively on ships and boats of the era. The master toilet maker among the Englishmen would emerge in the next decade. Thomas Twyford revolutionized the water closet business in 1885 when he built the first trapless toilet in a one-piece, all china design. A preeminent potter, Twyford competed against other notable business including Wedgwood and Moulton.\n\nTwyford's design was unique in that it was of china, rather than the more common metal and wood contraptions. The internal workings of his water closet were the work of one the first pioneers of the "sanitary science." J. G. Jennings patented a washout closet in 1852. This unit had a shallow basin with a dished tray and water seal. The flush water drove the contents into the pan and then through the S-trap. It was a design the Twyford would refine and promote for the rest of the decade.
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Well, it starts with kecharitomene.  It means that Mary was completely, enduringly, permanently full of Grace.  She is the daughter and servant of the Most High and Supreme King and Father of Heaven, She is the Mother of Our Most Holy Lord and Master, Jesus Christ, She is the Spouse of the Holy Spirit.\n\nYet, she is only important because her Son is important.  She is the one, through whom joy will shine forth, but not the source of joy herself.  She is the living throne of the King, and yet a peasant.  Her womb was the home of God, hence Heaven, yet just a Jewish girl in what should be a frightening place.  Yet, her response was joy.  She is the Bride of the Holy Spirit, yet unwedded.  Both legitimate and illegitimate at the same time.  Valid according to the Giver of Laws, yet potentially invalid by the view of the creatures of the Giver of Laws.\n\nShe is the first of Christ's miracles of the early Church and also the last with the Dormition.  She is the only person in the NT whose life completely covers Jesus, except possibly James.  She is the only one we are certain is in the period before His coming knew Him after the Resurrection.  She is the Godbearer, Theotokos or Mother of God, an impossibility yet any other description and Christianity is false.\n\nShe is just a little Jewish girl, yet her submission to the will of the Father is the downfall of demons. (Revelations 12)  She carried He who sits upon the Cherubim.  She is Virgin and Mother.  She was a living temple, and by accepting the will of the Father, more honorable than the Cherubim and the Seraphim.  Yet, should an angel appear to a human, we would be humbled.\n\nShe is the model of behavior for Christians, yet her importance is in that she points the way to her Son.
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It means whore or prostitute
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Marianna, Mariana, Marianne, Marian, Mary-Ann(e) etc. are all the same from the point of view of their meaning. You can inverse the two components so you'll gett Annemarie, Annamaria, Ann-Mary etc.\n\nMaria is a Biblical name, its original Hebrew form was Miriam, this has been modified in Greek and Latin translations. Its meaning is debatable. Some say it means bitter water. Its popularity comes because of the mother of Jesus who had this name. \n\nMaria's mother was Anna, also a Hebrew name of course, its orriginal form is Hannah. Its meaning is mercy.\n\nNicknames to Maria: Mary, Marika, Marinka, Maritsa, Mitsi, Maya, Mara, Manka, Mimi, Ria, plus the nicknames in other languages.\nRelated names: Manna, Manon, Mara, Marielle, Mariella, Marietta, Marina, Marinella, Marinetta, Marinka, Marion, Mariora, Marishka, Marita, Marléne, Masha, Mia, Mietta, Mimi, Miriam, Miryam, Moira, Molli, Polli, Ria.\n\nNicknames to Anna: Anni(e), Anny, Ani, An(n)ika, etc. Related names: Anda, Anelia, Aneta, An(n)ette, Anetta, Anica, Anitsa, Anika, Aniko, Anilla, Anina, Anita, Anka, Annie, Nanette, Nanetta, Netta, Netti(e), Netty, Nina, Ninelle, Ninette, Ninetta, Ninon.\n\nThere are some opinions that the name Mariana could origin from the Latin men's name Marianus which means: "a man belonging the the nation of Marius". And Marius means probably "manly".
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Tina is Latin and means Little One.\n\nIt is also a shortened version of the following names each of them having different meanings-\n\nAlbertina-of German origin meaning noble and bright.\n\nCelestina-of Latin origin meaning heavenly.\n\nChristina  of Greek  origin meaning annointed, follows Christ.  \n\nClementina-of Latin origin meaning merciful.\n \nJustina-of Hebrew /Latin origin meaning just, true.\n  \nKatarina/Katina-of Greek origin meaning pure.  \n \nMartina-of Latin origin meaning warlike.\n\nValentina-of Latin origin meaning good health.
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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. \n\nThe story of the ghost who appears in a mirror when summoned has been told many times in countless variations. Children, following the directions provided in the version they heard, have been trying to contact Bloody Mary for at least 30 years now, perhaps for much longer than that. There's something about the story that makes it almost a tradition at slumber parties and summer camp, or basically anywhere a group of youngsters get together away from the watchful eyes of adults
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Do you mean the origin of the name "Brunner"?\n\nBrunner derives from "Brunnen" which means "water well" in German.