A lawyer's epitaph in England : 
Sir John Strange. 
Here lies an honest lawyer, 
And that is Strange. 
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John Penny's epitaph in the Wimborne,  England, cemetery: 
Reader, if cash thou art in want of any, 
Dig 6 feet deep and thou wilt find a Penny. 
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In a cemetery in Hartscombe , England : 
On the 22nd of June, Jonathan Fiddle went 
Out of tune. 
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Anna Hopewell's grave in Enosburg Falls, Vermont : 0A 
Here lies the body of our Anna, 
Done to death by a banana. 
It wasn't the fruit that laid her low, 
But the skin of the thing that made her go. 
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In a cemetery in Massachusetts : 
Under the sod and under the trees, 
Lies the body of Jonathan Pease. 
He is not here, there's only the pod. 
Pease shelled out and went to God.. 
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In a cemetery in England : 
Remember man, as you walk by, 
As you are now, so once was I 
As I am now, so shall you be.. 
Remember this and follow me. 
To which someone replied by writing on the tombstone: 
To follow you I'll not consent. 
Until I know which way you went.
ummm! mostly English tomb stones. A bit worrying. I'm gonna have, "Told you I was bloody ill" on mine.
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