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THE LADY WITH THREE HUSBANDS

THERE IS A STORY ABOUT ONE WOMAN SEVERAL YEARS AGO,
WHO ABOUT TWENTY YEARS OLD AND SHE FOUND A NICE MAN
AND MARRIED HIM. THEN AFTER ABOUT THREE MONTHS,
HER HUSBAND GOT SICK AND DIED. SHE LOVED HER
HUSBAND SO MUCH, THAT SHE COULDN'T SEE HIM BEING
PLACED IN THE GROUND, SO SHE HAD HIM CREMATED.
SEVERAL YEARS PASSED AND SHE FOUND ANOTHER MAN WHO SHE
LIKED AND AFTER SOME TIME, THEY TOO GOT MARRIED.
THEY LIVED HAPPILY FOR SEVERAL MONTHS AND THEN THE
HUSBAND SUDDENLY DIED. LOVING HIM VERY MUCH, ALSO,
SHE COULDN'T SEE HIM IN A GRAVE, SO SHE ALSO HAD HIM
CREMATED. SEVERAL MONTHS PASSED AND SOON SHE BECAME
ACQUAINTED WITH A THIRD MAN, AND AFTER A SHORT TIME,
SHE GOT MARRIED, AND AGAIN AFTER A SHORT TIME, THIS
HUSBAND DIED AND SHE HAD HIM CREMATED, TOO. AT THE
FUNERAL OF THIS LADY'S THIRD HUSBAND, A FRIEND OF
HERS, A SPINSTER, CAME TO HER AND SAID "HERE, I'VE
BEEN LOOKING FOR A MAN FOR YEARS AND YOU HAVE MEN ENOUGH
TO BURN."

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Woman

Date learned: 10-10-1970

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