LOL! I love it! My great grandmother claimed she was a widow. Her husband had run off and remarried, without getting divorced first. Yours, Dora Smith Austin, TX [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandra Ferguson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 9:06 PM Subject: [PaOldC] Fw: Definition of "widow" > This was suggested by a list member, and seems logical to me....at least > an interesting explanation. > > S. > " Perhaps the terms of 'grass widow' and 'sod widow' came abou t > during the late 19th and early 20th century to accommodate those women who > were no longer married nor single (grass widow) and those whose husband's > had actually died (sod widow). It was a way to distinguish between the > two." > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message