In Ireland, it was customary to ring the church bell when someone in the village had died. On Christmas Eve, the local churches would begin ringing their bells about an hour before Midnight Mass began. The death knell was to signal the end of the devil, who was believed to die with the birth of Jesus Christ.
8 comments:
an interesting tradition! had not heard of that one before!
merry christmas, kim usa! :)
thanks, I did not know this.
Lots of egg nog for you and yr family.
I really like that! Have a wonderful Christmas! Ring the bells!
Christmas blessings to you!
Merry Christmas, my friend.
Great post. We never heard this story before.
Merry Christmas.
Darryl and Ruth :)
Hope you and your family have a blessed Christmas.
great post
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