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    What was the name of those bells that the alter boys rang three times when the priest raised the host?(they don’t do that anymore at are Church)

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    The most common name was the Sanctus Bells. In England they where called the Scaring Bells, (The old meaning of scare was to alert or alarm) Different locals used different names.

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