A February Custom - Ringing the Pancake Bell
Pancake Bell in Scarborough...
...where they still make a big event of it every Shrove Tuesday
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In his book "A History of East Leake" (1903, p.58) the Revd. Sidney Pell Potter remarks that at noon on Shrove Tuesday it was the custom to ring one of the church's bell (a small bell known as the 'Ting-Tang') when it was termed 'The Pancake Bell'. "It is easy to connect", he says. "this day's ringing with the shriving* of old, which gave the day its name".
* the act of a priest hearing confession.
Does anyone know of instances where a Pancake Bell is still rung in Nottinghamshire today?
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