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Monday, June 16, 2008

Humorous Headstones

I was looking at a website with some information on cemetery surveying and transcribing. There were several funny ones that I just had to share! You can also go and check out the Transcribing Monumental Inscriptions site.






At Potterne, Devizes, Wilts:

Here lies MARY the wife of JOHN FORD,
We hope her soul is gone to the Lord;
But if for Hell she has chang'd this life,
She had better be there than be John Ford's wife.

And a few for fun, origin unknown:
Here lies Ezekiah AIKLE
Age 102
The Good Die Young

In London
Ann MANN
Here lies Ann MANN
Who lived an old maid
But died an old Mann.
Dec 9. 1767

Ribbesford, England
Anna WALLACE
The children of Israel wanted bread
And the Lord sent them Manna
Old clerk Wallace wanted a wife
And the Devil sent him Anna.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

My all time favorite:
Here lies Herman Smoot;
He almost learned to parachute!
:o)}