Dewsbury: Ringing the Devil's Knell, Christmas Eve

When Lord of the Manor, Thomas de Soothill, murdered his own servant, he repented on his death bed, and left a sum of money for the church bell on Dewsbury Minster - now known as Black Tom - to be tolled for every year since Christ's birth. The final toll of the bell is at midnight - signifying the arrival of Christmas Day.

[@BigRed-dr6we]

The people now ringing 'Black Tom' on Christmas Eve are effectively serving and paying their own penance 'cleansing their own soul' by ringing this bell.

[@MrBenjiworld]

The Devil's Knell of Dewsbury in Yorkshire is a very special tolling. Each Christmas Eve the tenor bell of All Saints parish church, known as "Black Tom," is tolled once for every year since Christ's birth in the minutes leading up to Christmas. At midnight all the bells ring out in joyful celebration of the Devil's death!Midnight is usually known as the witching hour, when fell powers hold sway over the land, but this rule is turned on its head on Christmas Eve. Evil spirits lose their powers and one Irish legend has it that at that time the gates of Heaven open so that anyone who dies at that selfsame hour will go straight to heaven, rather than having to wait until the last trump of Doomsday.In 1289 the Bishop of Hereford, Richard de Swinfield, spent Christmas at his manor of Prestbury, near Gloucester. Christmas Eve was kept as a fast, as was the tradition, but that didn't stop the bishop and his household from consuming rather a large amount of food. Herrings, conger eels, codlings, and a salmon were eaten, and 150 large plates, two hundred small plates, and three hundred dishes were required for this feast.

[@Marzy5821]

Yes its very concering Andy 'the religion of peace' as you know practically run the whole land now. This is just a small example of their hideous total takeover.

[@adamm2693]

@@Marzy5821 What are you talking about? No one mentioned any other religion...