10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MORTBELL»
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Funeral Customs: Their Origin and Development
... foulfiend and wickedspirits should beabashed and flee, and cease from
moving ofthe tempest." A specialbell wasreserved for this purpose, known in
Scotland asa "mortbell," and another called the "soulbell" tolled after death had
takenplace.
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NUTSEDGE ...
Another type ofbell rung atfunerals was the mortbell,or deidbell, the
namedepending onwhere one lived. It was a small handbell which was tolled by
the bellman throughout the town announcing a death and again on the day ofthe
funeral, the ...
A specialbellwas reserved forthis purpose,known inScotland as a "mortbell,"
andanother called the "soulbell" tolled afterdeath had taken place. Itwas
possibleto tell by the sound ofthe "soulbell" if it was rung for an adult,or for a child,
for inthe ...
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Reports of cases adjudged in the Court of Chancery of New York
The only questions for consideration on this appeal therefore are, whether the
decision of the vice chancellor is correct in relation to the right of the complainant
to be endowed of the equity of redemption in the mortBell v. The Mayor &c. of ...
New York (State). Court of Chancery, 1887
The 'dead' bell or mortbell was used either to announce the passing of one of the
local inhabitants or to summon the community to a funeral. In April 1735, Paisley
Town Council appointed Robert White, cow-owner, to 'go with the dead bell', ...
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The Chambers Crossword Dictionary, 3rd edition
... karoshi, keening, mastaba, mourner, passing, quietus, requiem, widower
casualty, cemetery, cenotaph, deathbed, death row, deceased, disinter, dispatch,
eulogium, fatality, grieving, harakiri, interred, last post, long home, mortbell,
mortuary, ...
SHAKESPEARE RODE slowly the last mile to the church at Wanstead, the
mortbell knelled clear across the meadows. It rang just one note again and again,
a deep, dread clang that could only mean a body was to be laid to rest in the cold
...
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Acta Regiae societatis physiographicae lundensis: Kungl. ...
(At Kyrkberget and at Talltrask, both places situated on Stor-Uman, Olenellus
Kjerulfi has been found — see Mortbell 1890 and Holm 1890.) The Olenellus-
bearing rock is a greenish gray shale. The Lower Cambrian series of strata is
however ...
Kungl. Fysiografiska sällskapet i Lund, 1929
DO YOU SEE any common strain dawdling through these words: MORTal,
imMORTal, MORTality, MORTuous, MORTmain, MORTuary, MORTician,
aMORTize, MORT-Dieu, MORT d'ancestor, MORTcloth, MORTbell, rigor MORTis,
MORTify ...
