burial yard

I draw him a map of the whole place and tell him some of the stories Tío Toni has told me about Sir Francis Drake and his pirates burying treasure on the property when they raided the island back in the 1500s, or about the Taino Indians having once had a burial yard behind Tío Fran’s house that is full of spirits now—stories that are exciting to tell even if I don’t really believe them anymore.

He helped us store fish for the upcoming storms and plot out a burial yard for more than a hundred bodies, including the man who wound his watch.

As a light rain coated the burial yard, some grasped hands as they gazed at the caskets and voiced the lyrics:

To be sure this most historic of Moscow's ancient convents is no longer a convent, but its burial yard is still hallowed ground.

Emerging, he crossed the burial yard, and found the good father returning heavily laden with the precious vessels and other objects he had been able to save.