Absolutely. And there are some other stories in the same vein. They all strike me as the gossip of bitter old cranks trying to get attention, or scare stories to make children behave. These schools were bound to be hotbeds of disease, every mass settlement was. As I recall the cemetery in question was old, with wooden markers that had rotted away, so it was unkempt and looked like secretive burials.
Absolutely. And there are some other stories in the same vein. They all strike me as the gossip of bitter old cranks trying to get attention, or scare stories to make children behave. These schools were bound to be hotbeds of disease, every mass settlement was. As I recall the cemetery in question was old, with wooden markers that had rotted away, so it was unkempt and looked like secretive burials.