St. Pedro Poveda College
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The setting:
The “black garden” behind the chapel
In attendance:
Ursula
The tale:
Ursula is more than just a ghost story in this school; for young Povedans moving from primary grade school to intermediate grade school, she’s a rite of passage. Her spirit reportedly haunts the “black garden” behind the school chapel, where she supposedly killed herself. The accounts as to how she did it vary: some say she hanged herself from the big tree, others say she drowned herself in the garden’s well. Whatever the method and the reason, the challenge is to cross the garden’s walkway without looking back. If you do look back, it is said Ursula–a girl in her early adolescent years with long, wavy hair–will supposedly appear to you. What she will do with you is left to the imagination.
Take note:
Ursula is ubiquitous in Poveda ghostlore, to the point that other hauntings and ghost stories are also “attributed’ to her.
Photo from Poveda’s official website
