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To: lee martell

**Thus came the phrase; “Saved By the Bell”***

And later Bateson made a small belfry that was placed on the grave. The waking dead person had a string in their hand to pull the bell if buried alive.
It was considered such a joke that the term “Bats in the Belfry” became a phrase for people with odd ideas.


11 posted on 03/14/2023 2:53:34 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (“No man’s life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session.”)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

That part, I didn’t know.
I never thought of the actual definition of “Belfry”.
Just goes to show that a lot of gallows humor is ageless.
Maybe even Cleopatra’s family mortician told a wry joke or two about ‘Wandering Asps’.


12 posted on 03/14/2023 3:04:21 PM PDT by lee martell
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