St Brevita's Church, Lanlivery, Cornwall, UK: Georgian (1811) painted ringer's rhyme board on tower wall below modern bell ropes with coloured sallies.
St Brevita's Church, Lanlivery, Cornwall, UK: a Georgian (1811) painted ringer's rhyme board on the tower wall below the modern bell ropes & coloured sallies (woolen grips), listing the rules & fines to ensure harmony in the tower. Five figures, some wearing breeches, stand holding the ropes below five upturned bells (there are six modern ropes). The board is dated 1811, signed vicar N. Kendall; churchwardens R. Treleaven & N. White. Hark how the chirping Treble sings most clear, / And covering Tom comes rolling in the rear ; / Now throw them up on end that all may see / What laws are best to keep sobriety: / We ring the quick to church the dead to grave / Good is our use such usage let us have; / To swear or curse or in a choleric mood / To strike or quarrell 'tho he draws no blood / To wear a hat or spur or overturn a bell / Who by unskilful handling mars a peal: / Such shall pay sixpence for each single crime / To make him cautious against another time; / And we the whole society do agree / To spend our fines in peace and unity. There is a similar board & rhyme at St Endellion.
Size: 2861px × 4134px
Location: St Brevita's Church, Lanlivery, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, England, UK
Photo credit: © Mick Sharp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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