Hi Everyone, I came across this amusing item on another List David Spark (Leeds) Subject: "A Hen Pecked Husband's Revenge" an amusing tale > From the "Queenslander" Sept. 12, 1896 > > No names given, but please read on. > > A wife who henpecks her husband does not always come off well. A Sussex > publican took odd revenge on a nagging wife whose sharp tongue had given > him many a bad quarter of an hour while he lived. On his death she found > that to receive any benefit from his Will she must walk barefooted to > the market-place each time the anniversary of his death repeated itself. > Holding a candle in her hand, she was there to read a paper confessing > her unseemly behavior to her husband during his life, and stating that > had her tongue been shorter her husband's days would in all probability > have been longer. > By refusing to comply with these terms she had to be satisfied with 20 > pounds a year "to keep her off the parish". > > Now with a bit of detective work one could easily find out who this > could have been. > > >