I will wear a red dress to your funeral

Posted by ESC August 25, 2009 at 17:02In reply to I will wear a red dress to your funeral posted by Joe on August 25, 2009 at 15:11:

Has anyone ever heard of the phrase "I will wear a red dress to your funeral"?

Nope. Does it mean the same as, "I'll dance on your grave"?

Moonstruck: Joe versus the volcano ; and, Five corners : screenplaysý - Page 109
by John Patrick Shanley - Performing Arts - 1996 - 338 pages

but coomon in literature to the 1880's-1920's and still...

Moonstruck

I've got your ring here! MR. JOHNNY: I must ask for that back. ... you will drop
dead, and I will come to your funeral in a red dress! RONNY: Loretta? ...

I got a lot of good quotes from that movie:

Rose: Old man, you give those dogs another piece of my food and I'm gonna kick you 'til you're dead!