Talk:Granary Burying Ground
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Mary Vergoose (promoted as the original "Mother Goose" behind famous nursery rhymes, although scholars dispute the idea)... As User:DreamGuy has rightly pointed out, this is "disputed." More than that, in fact: it's perfect nonsense, since "Ma Mère l"Oye" was credited by Charles Perrault in his fairy tales published in 1697, and the phrase appears a generation earlier than that. See Mother Goose. Anyway, I've removed the section of text. --Wetman 05:37, 24 Nov 2004 (UTC)
But since the grave is a tourist attraction it'd be useful if the article discussing it mentioned it and explained why it is wrong. Simply removing it does nothing to advance knowledge on the topic. Rather, it allows misinformation to continue to be spread, and the few people who care to look this cemetary up aren't going to find information on one of the most notable things about the place. DreamGuy 17:22, Nov 24, 2004 (UTC)
- hmm... hadn't occurred to me. --Wetman 10:39, 27 Nov 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Crispus Attucks
Removed "slave from Crispus Attucks; as the Attucks article itself notes, no record exists of him ever being a slave. --Tsuyoshikentsu 21:19, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
