The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #30105   Message #384353
Posted By: Jeri
28-Jan-01 - 04:13 PM
Thread Name: Origin: Betsy Bell and Mary Grey (Child #201)
Subject: RE: Betsy Bell and Mary Grey
They weren't slain by men. If I recall correctly, they went out into the woods to escape the plague, but died of it anyway.

I think the lesson is that Plague needs only rats, fleas and people - not cities, although the rats and people are packed closer in cities.