“KING’S COCK CROWER”
AN OLD ENGLISH OFFICE. The English Court no longer boasts the picturesque adjunct' of a King’s Cock Crower, but formerly, from AshWednesday to Easter, itw sa the duty of such an official to crow the hours every night in the precincts of the Palace, in obvious allusion to the story of Peter’s denial - of Christ. On the first Ash Wednesday he spent in the country, however, George 11., imperfectly acquainted with English language and customs, was startled when the crower entered his presence and imitated the cock's “shrill clarion.” Suspecting an insult, he sprang up to strike the crower, and was only with difficulty appeased.
After that it was thought judicious to abandon the practice, but the King’? Cock Crower found a place in the Royal Household, with an appropriate salary, until 1822.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 June 1938, Page 8
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136“KING’S COCK CROWER” Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 June 1938, Page 8
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