The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

JOKE ON MARRIAGE

A POOR WOMAN WAS ON HER DEATH BED AND HER HUSBAND SAT
SADLY BESIDE HER. SUDDENLY SHE SAID, "JOE, I MUST
CONFESS BEFORE I DIE. I HAVEN'T BEEN TRUE TO YOU
ALL THESE YEARS. WHEN YOU WERE AT WORK BREAKING YOUR
BACK, I WAS AT HOME WITH YOUR FRIENDS JOHN, SAM,
CLYDE, MIKE, AND EVEN SOME MEN WHO WEREN'T YOUR
FRIENDS." THE HUSBAND LOOKS AT HER WITH TEARS IN
HIS EYES AND SAYS, "I KNOW. THAT'S WHY I POISONED
YOU."

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Date learned: NOT GIVEN