Show PUDDING BELL STILL RUNG church in fit the county palatine gives give warning it Is 1 time to begin frying pancakes pancake Conce concerning ruing charch ch cb arch bells mr frank him tells of the quaint customs which are still observed in some of the parishes in the county palatine before the reformation the great bell of the parish was rung on shrove tuesday to call the people together for the confession of their sins or to be shriven hence the name of the day this bell says mr hird la is still rung in some parts of lancashire and is still called the pancake bell I 1 I 1 being now BOW regarded only as a signal to the people to begin trying frying their pancakes in some villages a bell le Is rung as the congregation Is leaving the church after the morning service this to Is known as the pudding bell it having been firmly believed tor for many generations erat ions that it Is run rung to warn those at home to get the dinner ready the origin of 0 the ringing of this bell is not known but like many other old customs it still lingers in the remoter remoler parts of the country announcing noun cing clug to the village that the service Is over and that pudding time has come so late as 1870 the curfew bell was rung at burnley colne black f i bu burn rn and in man many other towns and villages this perhaps la Is the most remarkable instance of the persistence of an old custom centuries utter after it has ceased to have any reason reson |