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Thread #172523   Message #4176179
Posted By: and e
06-Jul-23 - 06:15 AM
Thread Name: Folklore: Crazy? I Was Crazy Once (recitation)
Subject: RE: Folklore: Crazy? I Was Crazy Once (recitation)
CIRCULAR STORY / Traditional
I laughed so hard I thought I'd die.
I did die. They buried me, and flowers grew on my grave.
The roots grew down and tickled me.
I laughed so hard I thought I'd die.
I did die. They buried me

Pg 35, Worlds in Small: An Anthology of Miniature Literary Compositions,
by John Robert Colombo. 1992.

See here: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Worlds_in_Small/5_NZAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22I+did+die+.+They+buried+me+%22&dq=%22I+did+die+.+They+buried+me+%22&printsec=frontcover

Another pre-internet reference.

More variants of "Crazy" to follow.