Verbal/Material Lore – Gravestone Epitaph
“Helen Duncan Brown”
English
| Helen Duncan Brown Tuck Drive Graveyard – Hanover, New Hampshire, United States October 28th, 2017 |
Informant Data
Died August 17, 1867, at age 19
Contextual Data
Epitaph is from Proverbs 31:28. Before its use on this gravestone, this was a proverb that showed up often in the theatre and literature of the early-to-mid 1800’s.
Text
“Because I live, ye shall live also.”
| Peter Tiktinsky, 21 101 Hulls Farm Road, Southport, CT 06890 Hinman Box 4569, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH Dartmouth College Russian 13 Fall of 2017 |
