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Danes did take place on Ash Wednesday is a 

 well-known historical fact. In addition, the vil- 

 lagers will tell you that in this part of the country 

 there were no red haired people before the Danes 

 came ; that all were either fair, or black haired 

 before that time. Thinking this tradition as 

 to the origin of pancakes sufficiently curious 

 to be worth preserving, I venture to send it to 

 " N. & Q." in the hopes that it may find a place 

 somewhere in the pages of your valuable journal. 



H. E. P. 

 Stuffynwood, near Mansfield. 



Seeds planted on Qood Friday. — A very fine 

 Brompton stock was presented to me the other 

 day from a cottage garden in Dorsetshire, with 

 the assurance that its flourishing condition was due 

 to the fact of the seed, from which it grew, hav- 

 ing been planted on Good Friday. 



C. W. Bingham. 



BELL INSCEIPTIONS AND BELL-FOUNDERS. 



As you have already attempted to gratify the 

 taste of the lovers of campanology, and, to a cer- 

 tain extent, the thirst after a peculiar branch of 

 antiquarian literature, the following inscriptions 

 are forwarded in continuation, to assist in obtain- 

 ing a knowledge of the phraseology made familiar 

 through many ages to this class of artizans, the 

 great purveyors of folk-music. 



It is much to be regretted the characters of the 

 Plumstead bell inscription could not be repro- 

 duced in the pages of " N. & Q.," but it is now 

 only referred to as a prefatory remark that, 

 through a tolerably extensive search, no similar 

 lettering has yet been discovered. 



There are perils and dangers attending this pur- 

 suit, little understood by many who are ready to 

 partake in the pleasures of discovering the names 

 of the earliest workers in the art of beli-founding ; 

 but those difficulties might and ought to be re- 

 moved, as no part of the sacred edifice should be 

 deemed unworthy the care of the conservators of 

 the fabric. 



A considerable portion of the following inscrip- 

 tions was made at a period long passed away, and 

 it is probable many of the bells do not exist at the 

 present time ; but the names of the founders, the 

 dates, and the sentiments probably of the priests 

 of the day, adopted in furtherance of a bounden 

 duty, cannot be deemed less worthy of record : — 



Bell Inscriptions. 



Aldeborough. One of six bells : " Hac in Conclave Ga- 

 briel nunc pan ge sauve." On another: "Douarepende 

 pia rogo Magdalena Maria." (Black-letter.) 



Redetiiiall. On the second of eight bells: " Petrus ad Eter- 

 ne ducat nos pascua Vite." Fourth : " Celi Solamen 

 nobis det Deus..Amen. 1588." Sixth: "Stella Maria 

 Maris succurre piissima nobis." (Black-letter.) 



Metfield. Of three bells: on the largest: "Munere Bap- 

 tiste, Benedictus ut chorus iste." (Black-letter.) 



Porringland. On one of three : " Nos sociat Sanctis semper 

 Nicolaus in altis." (Black-letter.) 



South- Acre. On the second : " In multis Annis Resonet 

 Campana Johannis." (Black-letter.) On the third: 

 " As God will ; so be it." 



Dudlington. On the second: Dulcis: Sisto: Melis: Cam- 

 pana Vocor: Michaelis." (Black-letter.) 



West Bradenham. On the second : " Virginis egregia Vo- 

 cor Campana Maria." 



Oxburgh. On the first: "Omnia sint ad Gloriam Dei, 

 1610." Third: " Te per Orbem Terrarum Sancta con- 

 fietur Ecclesia, Pattern immensa Majestatis, 1582." 

 (On this is the figure of St. Edmund). Fourth : « Vene- 



' randum tuum verum et unicum Filium, 1582." Fifth: 

 "0 Christe, Rex Glorim Estu, 1586." 



Banningham. On one of three bells : " Per me Fideles 

 invocantur ad preces." 



Corpesty. On the only remaining bell: "In multis annis, 

 resonat Campana Johannis." 



Ingworih. On one of two bells : " Ego Servus tuus sum." 



Erpingham. On the tenor : " Per Thome meritis mereamur 

 Gaudia Lucis." 



Aylesham Burgh. On the only bell : " Fac Margareta nobis 

 bee munera Leta." 



Buxton. On the tenor : " Pro me Fideles invocantur Pre- 

 ces." 



Wolterton. On one of two bells: "Robertus Plummer me 

 fecit in honore Sancte Margarete." 



Itteringham. On the second : " Williemus Eldhous fecit 

 me, in Onore Trinitas." Third : " Ave Maria, Gratia 

 plena, Dominus Tecum." 



Burnham Norton. On the only bell : " Virginis Egregie 

 vocor Campana Marie." 



Barton. Three ancient bells. On the tenor : " Sit Nomen 

 Domine Benedictum," and two shields ; on one, two keys 

 in saltire, between a dolphin embowed, a wheat-sheaf, a 

 bell, and a lamp. On the other shield a quadrangular 

 cross florette. Second : shields repeated, and " Sancta 

 Catherina ora nobis." Treble: shields repeated, and 

 " Vox Augustine sonet in Aure Dei." 



Fincham. On the treble: " Sancta Maria Ora pro Nobis." 

 Tenor : " Viventis Misere Pater Omnipotens Miserere." 

 This bell is called the Soul Bell. 



Wretton. On one of two bells ; " Haec sit sanctorum Cam- 

 pan'la Laude Bonorum." 



Weeting All Saints. On the second of four bells : " This 

 bell was given by Francis Hobman, Rector of Wet- 

 inge." Fourth bell : " Omnium Sanctorum." 



Croxton. On one of three bells : " O mARtYR cHOMA 

 PRo GDE DEUM exORA." 



Mundfird. On one of three bells : " Quesumus Andrea 

 Famulorum suscipe Vota." 



West Tofts. On the tenor : " Virgo Coronata, Due Kos ad 

 Regna Beata." 



Bhfield. On the fifth of six bells : " 1. 2. 8. 1. I. B. Anno 

 Domine ;" " John Brend made me, 1636 ; " " Elias Brend 

 made me, 1660 ; " "John Stephens made me, 1719;" 

 "Edward Whaites, William Black, Churchwardens; " 

 " Rev. J. D. Borton, rector ; " " T. Mears of London, 

 fecit, 1826;" "J. D. Postle, Rob*. Goulder, Church- 

 wardens ; " " raised by voluntary contributions in the 

 3'ear of our Lord." 



Attleborough. There are six bells. On the third ; " It joyeth 

 me much, to goe to Gods Church, 1617." On the fourth : 

 "Do not there slack the, to repent the, 1617." On the 

 sixth: " I wish to die, to live Heavenly, 1617." (All 

 in black-letter.) 



Dickelbtirgh. On the second : " Sanctus Egidii accendit 

 ad Culmina Celi." Third: "Dulcis Sisto melis, Cam- 



