Home › Forums › All Things Catholic › What did they call them? This topic has 1 reply, 2 voices, and was last updated 17 years, 10 months ago by Anonymous. Viewing 2 posts - 1 through 2 (of 2 total) Author Posts November 20, 2006 at 12:11 am #1484 AnonymousInactive 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) January 1, 2007 at 10:41 pm #7633 AnonymousInactive 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. Author Posts Viewing 2 posts - 1 through 2 (of 2 total) You must be logged in to reply to this topic. Log In Username: Password: Keep me signed in Log In