- COCK LANE GHOST
- a ghost which was reported in a lane of the name in Smithfield, London, in 1762, to the excitement of the public, due to a girl rapping on a board in bed.
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. James Wood. 1907.
COCK LANE GHOST
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