Mary's grave

New York · United States · Cemetery

Behind the academy is the burial ground for the priests and nuns. A novice fell in love with one of the groundsmen and went out one night to meet him.

Behind the academy at Lindenhurst on Long Island there is a cemetery where priests and nuns were buried.

The story concerns a young novice who had fallen in love with one of the groundsmen. One night she left the convent to meet him. They intended to run away and marry.

He had not yet arrived.

What is said to have happened before he got there is told several ways and none of it is documented, so it is not set down here.

Her grave is the one visitors look for, and the site has been visited by generations of local teenagers.

A convent burial ground is an unusual place for a legend of this kind, and part of why it holds is the contrast: a community organised entirely around vows, and a story about one person breaking hers.

The grounds are private property and the cemetery is a burial ground for a religious community.

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Where is Mary's grave located?

Mary's grave is in New York, United States.

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Accounts are drawn from local folklore and visitor reports.

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