死亡丧钟

死亡喪鐘（英語：Death Knell）是教堂裏在有人去世後敲響的三次鐘中的第二次。以英國來説，它前面一個為Passing Bell（臨終之鐘）Walters P156. He also notes  " ..there was sometimes the inconvenience that though the Passing Bell had been duly rung, the dying person might recover"，在臨死時敲響；後面一個為Lych Bell或Corpse Bell（葬禮之鐘），在舉行葬禮時敲響Walters P 160，後者也就是今日喪禮中的喪鐘。按19世紀時的傳統，死亡喪鐘要在牧師得知信徒逝世後馬上敲響。但是若此時已經入夜，那麽則在第二天一早敲整整一小時的死亡喪鐘。E.g. Thomas Hood's poem "Faithless Sally Brown"; "His death which happened in his berth, At forty-odd befell: They went and told the sexton, and The sexton tolled the bell" Walters P157

参考文献

 H B Walters, The Church bells of England. published 1912 and republished 1977 by Oxford University Press.
外部連接
 Video of English full circle-ringing, 8 bells half muffled and then one bell tolling 

Category:死亡文化
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