tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post6878154052755644675..comments2024-03-28T04:48:19.626-07:00Comments on Strange Company: The Ghost of Cock Lane: Partly Truth and Partly Fiction?Undinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16214242522330278662noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-34087470368856158752016-02-08T16:59:47.603-08:002016-02-08T16:59:47.603-08:00Scratching Fanny of Cock Lane is still guaranteed ...Scratching Fanny of Cock Lane is still guaranteed to get a laugh every time she's mentioned, but I've noticed that the story has been taken more seriously in recent years on London ghost tours.rshepherd1964https://www.blogger.com/profile/01650152928383270482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-19942140787714271662016-02-08T07:03:48.383-08:002016-02-08T07:03:48.383-08:00It sounds like everyone was punished in one form o...It sounds like everyone was punished in one form or another, most probably not deserving it. I liked your line, "people were now as blindly, rigidly skeptical as they had earlier been blindly, rigidly credulous." It's sometimes forgotten that being a bigoted zealot in the right cause is still being a bigoted zealot.John Bellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10946140614088069665noreply@blogger.com