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Spike Milligan was not allowed to have "I told you I was ill" inscribed on his headstone, but the diocese that governs the St. Thomas Church in Winchelsea, East Sussex, did allow him the Gaelic equivalent: "Duirt me leat go raibh me breoite."
Epitaphic Wit 2006
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His tombstone reads "Dúirt mé leat go raibh mé breoite", which is Irish for "I told you I was ill".
what i'm reading 2006
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An exceedingly strange BBC News story: Spike Milligan wanted his gravestone to read "I told you I was ill," there was a long struggle with the Chichester Diocese, and they finally approved it... but only if it was written in Gaelic Dúirt mé leat go raibh mé breoite!
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"Duirt mé leat go raibh mé breoite", is how it should read.
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The headstone on Spike Milligan's grave bears the words "Dúirt mé leat go raibh mé breoite".
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