There's the story of the lady (in the US) who wouldn't share her cookie recipe. She would always say "over my dead body." Her family had the recipe engraved on the back side of her headstone.
Spike Milligan the writer and comedian wanted the quite innocent “I told you I was ill” on his gravestone. He found a cemetery that would tolerate it but they decided it couldn’t be in English. It’s in Irish.
Fantastic piece of tombstone trivia, I don't know that. Some prudes may argue it's in slightly bad taste, although certainly not vulgar, yet it was still so heavily censored
Not all burials are singles, so some might be taken up by double burials. Some burials might be temporary, pending the body being moved. If a graveyard gets full, sometimes the oldest bodies are dug up, or a new body is buried on top of them in the same plot. EDIT : In another post the OP mentioned that some of the burials are those of cremated persons, which don't count as a grave as such.
Thank you. Yeah unfortunately I made a mistake in terminology. I should have said "interred" rather than buried. But it's true that a million people have called this cemetery their final resting place.
Fernhill Cemetery, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. It's an old Victorian era cemetery. The 'Cox' family memorial. Let's just say that family had a sense of humour about their name!
Ha ha ha that's fantastic - I just found an article here which mentions it: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/secrets-of-fernhill-inside-saint-john-s-spooky-historic-cemetery-1.4378468 I've been to Moncton before but have been meaning to get to Saint John, this has given me even more reason to visit. Thank you!
We have one here in the USA, in the mountains of eastern Tennessee. A moonshiner, nicknamed "popcorn" Sutton. His stone reads, " POPCORN SAYS FUCK YOU"
Take a look at Popcorn Suttons grave marker in Tennessee USA. That man did not candy coat anything he said and his eternal resting place sums up what he said.
What a fascinating guy with a tragic end... he took his own life so he wouldn't go to prison for moonshining? Listening to the song about his life by Hank Williams III now. I need to visit his grave. Thanks
@@DanSchaumann and sadly they legalized moonshine about 10 months later. Not at the proof he made it at though. I knew a fella that was from Popcorn's area. I would buy a couple of quarts from him every year. Popcorn did a few flavors. Pear or apple. Both were great!!! Smoothest moonshine ever!!! I had friends try it but it burned for them. I actually loved it and wish it was still available.
Over 1 million graves in 167 years! That's almost 6K graves per year, or over 100 graves per week for 167 years straight. That has to be one of the busiest cemeteries on earth!! 😲😲🤔🤔
The cemetery is indeed the final resting place of a million people but I should have said “interned” rather than buried. There are 65k graves; the remaining dead are made up by placement of cremated remains
try notre dame cemetery in fall river massachusetts. burial place of many french canadian immigrants from quebec who arrived after 1860 to work in the textile mills. like most any cemetery in quebec itself with many of the burials wellover a century ago. headstones in french.
@@kristenfromOZ Soylent Green? I was just kidding, ground hogs mostly eat green stuff, I know they love soybean plants, one hog will destroy an acre all by himself.
Pardon my dust is a good one too but an interesting fact about graveyards is that JUST IN the Burroughs of Brooklyn and Queens in NYC USA the dead outnumber the living. 🤯🤮💯
Oh dear God! There are digging animals in the Cemetary?! What if they dig someone out?! Thank God we have Cremation as Option , as many Countries suffered from Flash~Flood too! 🐕
Yep! Apparently it's quite a problem. You may be disturbed to read this article: globalnews.ca/news/7925021/theyre-taking-over-groundhogs-unearthing-human-remains-in-montreal-cemetery-nightmare/
You know... that exact thought about the groundhogs crossed my mind not long after I left the cemetery. I didn't think they would *actually* do that though. Quite morbid!
Yeah mate, I guess you've hit the nail on the head there. If you can call trying to develop storytelling & video editing skills, learning interesting facts about my current home town and getting out & about to actively create something instead of wallowing in the sadness of not being able to return to Australia to see my family for the past 2 years "nothing better to do with my life", then sure, I've got nothing better to do with my life. How are things going in your own life? I hope everything is fantastic and you're on a clear & meaningful path.
@@DanSchaumann I thought your story was interesting , dont let Mr. Rude bother you . Sorry you cant go see your family, some of mine i havent seen in 5 years or more , i quit counting , complicated situation. Anyway enjoyed your story , never heard one like it.
There's the story of the lady (in the US) who wouldn't share her cookie recipe. She would always say "over my dead body." Her family had the recipe engraved on the back side of her headstone.
My favorite gravestone saying was “ I was hoping for a pyramid “
Spike Milligan the writer and comedian wanted the quite innocent “I told you I was ill” on his gravestone. He found a cemetery that would tolerate it but they decided it couldn’t be in English. It’s in Irish.
Fantastic piece of tombstone trivia, I don't know that. Some prudes may argue it's in slightly bad taste, although certainly not vulgar, yet it was still so heavily censored
McCaffreys' wife and girlfriend got the last laugh.
"1 million people have been buried here, there are currently 65,000 graves". What happened to the other 935,000 people?
Not all burials are singles, so some might be taken up by double burials.
Some burials might be temporary, pending the body being moved.
If a graveyard gets full, sometimes the oldest bodies are dug up, or a new body is buried on top of them in the same plot.
EDIT : In another post the OP mentioned that some of the burials are those of cremated persons, which don't count as a grave as such.
Thank you. Yeah unfortunately I made a mistake in terminology. I should have said "interred" rather than buried. But it's true that a million people have called this cemetery their final resting place.
@@DanSchaumann So it's not zombies then? LOL. Thanks for the great vid and enjoy your day my friend.
@@joeprimal2044 Darn it,I have been waiting for the zombie hoard for years.😄
@@stephanietip Right!? It's like you can't count on anything these days;-) Enjoy.
Over a million people buried there, but only 65,000 graves?
Fernhill Cemetery, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. It's an old Victorian era cemetery. The 'Cox' family memorial. Let's just say that family had a sense of humour about their name!
Ha ha ha that's fantastic - I just found an article here which mentions it: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/secrets-of-fernhill-inside-saint-john-s-spooky-historic-cemetery-1.4378468 I've been to Moncton before but have been meaning to get to Saint John, this has given me even more reason to visit. Thank you!
Another discovery, what great adventure you bring. Cheers mate.
Yep, that's a groundhog! They seem to like graveyards.
We have one here in the USA, in the mountains of eastern Tennessee. A moonshiner, nicknamed "popcorn" Sutton. His stone reads, " POPCORN SAYS FUCK YOU"
So I guess my choice for a grave marker writing is out. It goes like this:
I'm dead? What the . . . . !
Take a look at Popcorn Suttons grave marker in Tennessee USA. That man did not candy coat anything he said and his eternal resting place sums up what he said.
What a fascinating guy with a tragic end... he took his own life so he wouldn't go to prison for moonshining? Listening to the song about his life by Hank Williams III now. I need to visit his grave. Thanks
@@DanSchaumann and sadly they legalized moonshine about 10 months later. Not at the proof he made it at though.
I knew a fella that was from Popcorn's area. I would buy a couple of quarts from him every year. Popcorn did a few flavors.
Pear or apple. Both were great!!! Smoothest moonshine ever!!! I had friends try it but it burned for them. I actually loved it and wish it was still available.
Over 1 million graves in 167 years! That's almost 6K graves per year, or over 100 graves per week for 167 years straight. That has to be one of the busiest cemeteries on earth!! 😲😲🤔🤔
The cemetery is indeed the final resting place of a million people but I should have said “interned” rather than buried. There are 65k graves; the remaining dead are made up by placement of cremated remains
@@DanSchaumann Er, I think you meant "interred" rather than "interned".
Wonder if ALL of them markers have been entered into findagrave??? That would be a task someone needs to tackle
It should have said, Let’s go Brandon!
Why was it closed? People are dyin' to get in!
😂🤣🍻🇳🇿.
You should check out the gravestone of popcorn Sutton
That was also my thought.
I said the same thing, ole popcorn didnt sugar coat anything, he told it
like it was, no matter if you liked it or not
try notre dame cemetery in fall river massachusetts. burial place of many french canadian immigrants from quebec who arrived after 1860 to work in the textile mills. like most any cemetery in quebec itself with many of the burials wellover a century ago. headstones in french.
He's in Hell anyway, for having a WIFE AND MISTRESS, so that AWFUL HEADSTONE is the LEAST OF HIS WORRIES!!!!
Ha!!
There's a grave somewhere in Ireland of a priest, which describes him as "for 50 years a martyr to gonohorrea"!
Looked like the ground hog, wood chuck or whistle pig, was busy digging for his dinner. wonder what was on his menu?
That's what I was thinking. Who is he eating lol
@@kristenfromOZ Soylent Green? I was just kidding, ground hogs mostly eat green stuff, I know they love soybean plants, one hog will destroy an acre all by himself.
I am hoping to see my ancestors gravestones here someday ❤
Popcorn Sutton also had F**k You on his gravestone lol
How can there be a million graves there when there's only 6500 buried there?
you forgot to add one more zero, and million burried means the bodies do not stay for long there, usually it`s 25 years
65000 graves,where are the other over 900000 graves
there are 65,000 graves but over a million people have been buried there? what are they doing, buying a whole ton of people in one grave?
A mistake which has been addressed already in the description - 1,000,000 people have been interred here, not necessarily buried
Pardon my dust is a good one too but an interesting fact about graveyards is that JUST IN the Burroughs of Brooklyn and Queens in NYC USA the dead outnumber the living. 🤯🤮💯
A bit crowded. Wow
Wife and mistress,yeah,he had it coming
Oh dear God! There are digging animals in the Cemetary?! What if they dig someone out?! Thank God we have Cremation as Option , as many Countries suffered from Flash~Flood too! 🐕
Yep! Apparently it's quite a problem. You may be disturbed to read this article: globalnews.ca/news/7925021/theyre-taking-over-groundhogs-unearthing-human-remains-in-montreal-cemetery-nightmare/
Well, he got the last word. Hey,
I can only assume the two ladies met at the funeral...omg, that is awful!
Lard? It’s Laird and it’s pronounced they way it’s spelt.
I love Canadians💕
Groundhogs have been stealing bones of the deceased at Notre Dame. While visiting my grand-parents I caught one afar...
You know... that exact thought about the groundhogs crossed my mind not long after I left the cemetery. I didn't think they would *actually* do that though. Quite morbid!
Linda
Um,you meant one of canadas most vulgar graves🙄🤔🙃😷?!!!!!
❤️
Wood chuck
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Here lies Mr No Sex Drive "couldn't get it up"
People are just dieing to get in.
They need a higher fence to keep them out!!
how wonderful....f... y..
Old news.....
Very Good!... 15
I love it!!! LOL!
That’s funny!!
I love it😂😂
Ohhh how rude
That's what he felt.
😀😀
Lol
you have to be pretty immature to put profanity on a gravestone.
Disgusting
No respect at all
And disrespectful
nothing better to do with your life buddy ?
Yeah mate, I guess you've hit the nail on the head there. If you can call trying to develop storytelling & video editing skills, learning interesting facts about my current home town and getting out & about to actively create something instead of wallowing in the sadness of not being able to return to Australia to see my family for the past 2 years "nothing better to do with my life", then sure, I've got nothing better to do with my life. How are things going in your own life? I hope everything is fantastic and you're on a clear & meaningful path.
@@DanSchaumann
I thought your story was interesting , dont let Mr. Rude bother you . Sorry you cant go see your family, some of mine i havent seen in 5 years or more , i quit counting , complicated situation. Anyway enjoyed your story , never heard one like it.