228 OLD WEST SURREY 



' Jim, he ain't come this morain' ; he ain't up to much. 

 He's got a colic ' — (long and earnest pause) — ' in his 

 inside.' 



The villagers like to make out what their church bells 

 say, and to poke fun at each other on the subject. 



Dunsfold has three bells. They bang out a challenge 

 to the neighbouring villages : ' Who beats we ? ' Hascombe, 

 next door to the east, has only two, but found she could 

 answer quite to her own satisfaction : ' We do.' Both say 

 that Hambledon, who has only one, dolefully bewails her- 

 self: ' A-OH.' 



Truculent Dunsfold says of Chiddingfold, which has six 

 bells, that they say ' Poor Chidd'n fold, Hun gry'an cold.' 

 But this is pure envy, for Chiddingfold is a fine large 

 place, quite as well-to-do as any of them. 



There are old customs about tolling for a death that 

 are still followed, such as tolling three times three for a 

 man, three times two for a woman, and the small bell for 

 a child ; but the details of the custom appear to vary 

 from place to place. 



Dunsfold has a favourite saying : ' We won't be druv,' 

 signifying, ' We may be kindly led, but will not be driven.' 



A saying, frequent in the district, in praise of a man 

 who is wide-awake or more than ordinarily intelligent is : 

 4 He's got his head screwed on the right way.' 



