OLD TIME FUNERALS

Not too long ago I heard a story about a wake. In this case, preparations got going early. The husband had been ill for several years and the doctor found the patient in a much weekened condition and remarked to the wife that her husband would probably die today.

She got a big pot of soup going and about 10 o'clock at night made a visit upstairs. The first thing her poor husband had to say was, "Mary dat soup smells good, I'd like a drop."

Wife: "Ah pat b'y can't ya be more considerate? I'm saving that soup fer d'wake."