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[[File:Cock lane ghost.png|250px|thumb|alt=A monochrome illustration of a narrow street, viewed from a corner, or intersection. A large three-storey building is visible on the right of the image. The ground floor has three windows, the first and second floors have two windows each. The roof appears to contain a row of windows, for a loft space.  The word "KING" is written between the first and second floors, and a sign, "Gas meter maker" hangs above the ground floor windows.|A 19th-centu(contracted; show full)e Coronation'' was a theatrical play based on the coronation of [[George III]].<ref name="Hawkinsp46"/>|group="nb"}} and his companion remarks: "How they swallow the hum".  Several clergymen are also present, one of whom says: "I saw the light on the Clock".  Another asks: "Now thou Infidel does thou not believe?", which prompts his neighbour to reply: "Yes if it had happen'd sooner 't would have serv'd me for a new Chara
cter in the Lyar the Story would tell better than the Cat & Kittens".{{#tag:ref|''The Lyar'' was a comedy in three acts produced by the dramatist [[Samuel Foote]].<ref name="Hawkinsp46">{{Harvnb|Hawkins|1883|p=46}}</ref>|group="nb"}}  Another clergyman exclaims: "If a Gold Watch knock 3&nbsp;times", and a Parson asks him: "Brother don't disturb it".  On the wall, an image of [[The Bottle Conjuror]] can be seen alongside(contracted; show full)==External links==
*[http://www.sarahbakewell.com/Other%20Writing.html#scratchingfanny A 'Fortean Times' article about the Cock Lane Ghost]
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