Posted in Dead Men Do Tell Tales, tagged boston, consort, copps hill burying ground, language, massachusetts, occupation, old burying point, relict, salem on January 7, 2020| Leave a Comment »
When we traveled to Boston and Salem in the fall of 2018, I was of course excited at the opportunities to explore some of the oldest cemeteries in North America. I also realized I needed to brush back up on my cemetery symbolism and language. As I’ve written before, when a woman is described as the consort of her husband on a gravestone, she usually predeceased him. If he predeceased her, the inscription may refer to her as a relict, an old-fashioned word for widow.
Posted in Cemetery dwellers (flora and fauna), tagged boston, bunny, copps hill burying ground, massachusetts, rabbit on January 6, 2020| Leave a Comment »
When we visited Copp’s Hill Burying Ground in Boston, I looked over and suddenly noticed a small baby bunny sitting quietly near some brush and sniffing the air. After a few minutes, I could spot several of them, and one of the people at the graveyard told me you will see them quite a bit, because it’s a very protected area for them to live. So this whole post is just an excuse to show you adorable baby bunny photos. Without further ado, here are some of the real graveyard rabbits of Boston.
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A Grave Concern 