Inscriptions, epitaphs, statues
Curious as to the oddest thing other members have seen when researching graves.
I have seen some creepy yet beautiful art work on the stones as well... anything from an intricate sleeping lamb to abstract art.
One of the creepiest things I have ever read was on a tombstone in the older section of the Trindle Springs Cemetery in Pennsylvania. "Mortal, where you stand, so once was I, and where I lay so will you one day."
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Sleeping lambs are a child's marker, and the one inscription quoted is not that uncommon. I've seen it many times in my transcriptions of cemeteries.
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There is, "allegedly", on a small white stone on a Grave in the Athens Ontario area,an epitaph that reads:
Oh how we loved her none could tell, For earth she was too blessed. The croup it took her off last spring, It left room for all the rest.
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Thats so sweet and tragic... I cant believe how many children died of croup "back then". My son had croup so often as an infant, I cant imagine losing him over something so common.
Thanks for sharing!
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Now THAT is like nothing I have ever seen before! This is amazing! I printed it out to see if my oldest (16 years old) daughter could figure it out. She has an IQ that supersedes anyone I know (yes including me lol), and is looking very seriously at a job in cryptology. She will LOVE this!
Thanks for sharing that link! I am still in awe of it... when you look at, I guess the last words we have are either lost to time, or we inscribe a warning, greeting, or even a puzzle on a piece of stone that proves we were here.
Thanks again!
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I always liked these
"I told you I was sick"
and "Pardon me for not standing"
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Someone asked Johnny Carson what he would like. His reply...."I'll be right back"
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The thing that always gives me the chills.....
Photos of the departed set into a headstone.....I've seen a number of them that were well protected by a curved glass or lens that magnifies it a bit. Some are almost like a jewelry setting...beautiful yet creepy.
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