Timeline for What was the actual "cock and bull story"?
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| Jun 15, 2020 at 7:40 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Feb 24, 2013 at 18:52 | history | edited | coleopterist | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 7, 2013 at 17:37 | comment | added | Relaxing In Cyprus | Given that all references above contain pretty much the same information, I feel your criticism of wikipedia in this instance at least to be unwarranted. With regards to the common names for The Cock and The Bull, I would respond by asking how many Cocks have a Bull next to them? I am not saying it is strong evidence, I am saying that in the absence of any better examples, it shouldn't be discounted. | |
| Feb 7, 2013 at 16:16 | comment | added | nathan hayfield | wikipedia is a joke, don't cite info from there | |
| Feb 7, 2013 at 14:45 | comment | added | Hugo | The Cock and The Bull are popular names for pubs or inns. England has 76 named The Cock and 123 named The Bull. The fact that there happens to be two inns of that name isn't strong evidence the phrase comes from this town. Neither is the fact the pubs have been there a long time, as many pubs have long histories. The fact there are coaching inns next to important road is nothing extraordinary. That it is celebrated there now doesn't mean it originated there. | |
| Feb 7, 2013 at 12:09 | history | edited | Relaxing In Cyprus | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 7, 2013 at 8:09 | comment | added | Relaxing In Cyprus | The "From wikipedia" bit was all my own work. The rest was from wikipedia. | |
| Feb 7, 2013 at 0:55 | comment | added | nathan hayfield | did you write this entry yourself? | |
| Feb 7, 2013 at 0:10 | history | answered | Relaxing In Cyprus | CC BY-SA 3.0 |