_Judas Bell_--(No. 13, p. 195). In the "Flyting of Dunbar and
Kennedie," a singular Scotch Poem, composed in the former half of
the 16th century, and printed in Ramsay's _Evergreen_, the
following passage occurs (_Everg._ vol. ii. p. 74.):--
"A Benefice quha wald give sic a Beist,
But gif it were to jingle _Judas bells_?
Tak thee a Fiddle or a Flute to jest,
Undocht thou art, ordained for naithing ells."
The Judas bells may probably have been used in the Easter-eve
ceremonies, in connexion with which we find _Judas candles_
mentioned. See Brand's _Popular Antiq._ by Sir H. Ellis, vol.
i. p. 29.