_Tolling the Bell on leaving Church_ (Vol. ix., pp. 125. 311, 312.).--In
this parish a bell is always rung on the conclusion of the morning service,
to give notice that a sermon will be given at the evening service. This
bell, which a very respectable old man, who was parish clerk here for
fifty-four years, called the "sermon bell," is never tolled unless there is
a second service. If at any time the morning service is not performed, the
bell is tolled at twelve o'clock at noon to inform the parishioners that an
evening service will take place. A bell is also rung at eight and nine
o'clock on Sunday, or any other morning when morning prayer is said.
The custom of ringing the church bell on Shrove Tuesday, as mentioned by
NEWBURIENSIS (Vol. ix., p. 324.), is observed here too, and is generally
called "the pancake bell."