Tombstone Epitaph In a Ribbesford, England, cemetery:
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.
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Tombstone Epitaph In a Ribbesford, England, cemetery