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HIGH SCHOOL SUPERSTITION

MOTHER MARY ROSE, FOUNDRESS OF AN ORDER OF NUNS WHO
ESTABLISHED ST. MARY'S ACADEMY IN WINDSOR {CANADA},
IS ALLEDGEDLY BURIED BENEATH THE FLOORBOARDS ON
THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE ACADEMY. UNBELIEVERS SAY THAT
THE FLOOR BOARDS SWELL WITH THE WEATHER, NOT THE
FORCE OF MOTHER MARY TRYING TO GET OUT. ON OCTOBER 12,
THE ANNIVERSARY OF HER DEATH, MOTHER MARY IS SUPPOSED
TO WALK THE HALLS, AND THERE ARE REPORTS OF HER
VISITING THE ROOM OF A BOARDING STUDENT WHO WAS
SUREPTICIOUSLY READING OBSCENE LITERATURE AND
CONFISCATING THE BOOK. THERE ARE NUMEROUS REPORTS
OF GHOSTLY WHITE SHADOWS FLOATING THROUGH THE
DORMITORIES.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter

Date learned: 00-00-1967

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