Back in the 1940’s my brother Jim’s goldfish died. It’s bodily remains were placed in one of Dad’s tobacco tins and buried in the garden and the grave marked with carefully chosen stones. Curiosity got the better of Jim who dug the tin up from time to time to check on its contents.
Here lies a wife, of two husbands bereft;
Robert on her right, Richard on her left.
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Mary Nicols is my name, Ireland is my nation
Catholic Church is my belief, Read more
The Good Funeral Guide
by Charles Cowling – ISBN 978-1-4411-5731-7
is available from Amazon and other bookshops.
The ancient Greeks thought they were more likely you have to pay their way into the next world, so left this life with a coin in their mouth to pay Chivon the ferryman who would row them across the river in the direction Read more
Following her husband’s funeral Ruby’s friend commented; ‘that, that was the most spectacular funeral she had ever been to, and that it must have cost a fortune.’ Read more
May the road rise up to meet you.
May the wind be always at your back.
May the sun shine warm on your face.
May the rain fall soft upon your field’
And until we meet again
may God hold you in the palm of his hand.
The soldier stood and faced God,
Which must always come to pass.
He hoped his shoes were shining,
Just as brightly as his brass. Read more
A very prestigious cardiologist died, and was given a very elaborate funeral by the hospital he worked for most of his life…
A huge heart…. covered in flowers stood behind the Read more
A father was at the beach with his children when the four-year-old son ran up to him, grabbed his hand, and led him to the shore where a seagull lay dead in the sand.
‘Daddy, what happened to him?’ The boy asked ‘He died and went to Heaven,’ the Dad replied. The boy thought a moment and then said,
‘Did God throw him back down?’
I’m Fine Thank You
There is nothing the matter with me
I’m as healthy as can be.
I have arthritis in both my knees
And when I talk, I talk with Read more