The Farmer's Return from London

About the show

The play concerns a farmer who has returned from the coronation of George III in London. Farmer John regales his family with stories of the sights of London, including the famous Cock Lane ghost fraud. The apparent ghost was known to answer questions by "scratching and knocking once for 'yes', twice for 'no'". The farmer then teases his wife by saying that the ghost knocked twice when he asked about her fidelity.