Gleanings in Graveyards: A Collection of Curious Epitaphs
Horatio Edward Norfolk
Play
Length 4 h 30 min
Chapters 26
First published 1861
Interesting, witty, and unusual epitaphs found in graveyards in England, Wales, Scotland, and more. Feast on this gem:
Dr. I. Letsome wrote the following for his own tombstone:
"When people's ill, they comes to I, I physics, bleeds, and sweats 'em; Sometimes they live, sometimes they die; What's that to I? I. Letsome." - Summary by MamaPhish and Dr. I. Letsome
Chapters
1
Preface Read by Larry Wilson 4:36
2
England part 2: Buckinghamshire and Cambridgeshire Read by Christine Rottger 8:47
3
England part 3: Cheshire and Cornwall Read by Harriet 13:20
4
England part 4: Derbyshire and Devonshire Read by Hallow Orbiter 11:12
5
England part 5: Dorsetshire, Durham, and Essex Read by ShrimpPhish 12:02
6
England part 6: Gloucestershire and Hampshire Read by Brize C 16:25
7
England part 7: Herefordshire, Hertfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Kent Read by Brize C 15:00
8
England part 8: Lancashire and Lincolnshire Read by ShrimpPhish 10:31
9
England part 9: Middlesex and Monmouthshire Read by ShrimpPhish 17:27
10
England part 10: Norfolk and Northamptonshire Read by ShrimpPhish 11:35
11
England part 11: Nottinghamshire, Northumberland, Oxfordshire, Rutlandshire, and Shropshire Read by MaybeCordelia 7:38
12
England part 12: Somersetshire, Staffordshire, and Suffolk Read by Lee Vogler 8:58
13
England part 13: Surrey and Sussex Read by marisad6 10:03
14
England part 14: Warwickshire, Westmoreland and Wiltshire 4:42
15
England part 15: Worcestershire and Yorkshire 7:51
16
Wales Read by Stacey Malcolm 2:37
17
Scotland Read by Brize C 9:36
18
Miscellaneous part 1 Read by ShrimpPhish 8:55
19
Miscellaneous part 2 Read by Kyle Donelan 8:06
20
Miscellaneous part 3 Read by Kyle Donelan 12:16
21
Miscellaneous part 4 Read by Winnifred Assmann 8:20
22
Miscellaneous part 5 Read by Phil Schempf 10:07
23
Miscellaneous part 6 Read by Papa Phish 9:11
24
Miscellaneous part 7 Read by Brize C 10:47
25
Miscellaneous part 8 Read by Brize C 9:34
26
Miscellaneous Part 9 Read by David Lawrence 7:16
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