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88 A WHIMSICAL WILL.
nado, or whirlwind, which lasted about two minutes,
carrying every thing before it. A barn that had lately
been erected was removed to a distance of six feet from
its former situation; several houses were unroofed, and a
great number of chimnies and slate, was blown down,
several trees torn up, &c. It fortunately only took a small
part of the town, or the damage must have been im-
mense. A new vane eighteen feet in length, lately
erected on the steeple, was bent quite double.
A Codicil to the last Will and Testament of James
Clegg, Conjurer.
JSe it known to all men, by these presents, That Ia
James Clegg, of Broad Lane, within Castleton, in the
parish of Rochdale, and county of Lancaster, conjurer;
having made my last ■will and testament, bearing date
the 18th of February, 1749, do hereby codicil, confirm,
and ratify my said will; and if I die a natural death, i. e.
elude the gallows, and within two miles of Shaw Chapel,
fheq I will that my executors John Collier, and Paul
Greenwood, come to my house the day following, and
with the advice and assistance of James Worral, order
my funeral, as follow :
I. I will that they invite to my funeral, sixty of my
friends, or best acquaintance, and also five fidlers; to be
there exactly at two o'clock.
II. That no woman be invited ; no man that wears a
white cap, or apron, that no tobacco or snuff be there,
to prevent my sneezing.
III. That they provide sixty-two spiced cakes, value
ten shillings; and twenty shillings worth of the best
ale that is within two miles; allowing the best ruby nose
present, Roger Taylor, and John Booth, to be judges.
IV.
nado, or whirlwind, which lasted about two minutes,
carrying every thing before it. A barn that had lately
been erected was removed to a distance of six feet from
its former situation; several houses were unroofed, and a
great number of chimnies and slate, was blown down,
several trees torn up, &c. It fortunately only took a small
part of the town, or the damage must have been im-
mense. A new vane eighteen feet in length, lately
erected on the steeple, was bent quite double.
A Codicil to the last Will and Testament of James
Clegg, Conjurer.
JSe it known to all men, by these presents, That Ia
James Clegg, of Broad Lane, within Castleton, in the
parish of Rochdale, and county of Lancaster, conjurer;
having made my last ■will and testament, bearing date
the 18th of February, 1749, do hereby codicil, confirm,
and ratify my said will; and if I die a natural death, i. e.
elude the gallows, and within two miles of Shaw Chapel,
fheq I will that my executors John Collier, and Paul
Greenwood, come to my house the day following, and
with the advice and assistance of James Worral, order
my funeral, as follow :
I. I will that they invite to my funeral, sixty of my
friends, or best acquaintance, and also five fidlers; to be
there exactly at two o'clock.
II. That no woman be invited ; no man that wears a
white cap, or apron, that no tobacco or snuff be there,
to prevent my sneezing.
III. That they provide sixty-two spiced cakes, value
ten shillings; and twenty shillings worth of the best
ale that is within two miles; allowing the best ruby nose
present, Roger Taylor, and John Booth, to be judges.
IV.