At Dursler, on Shrove Tuesday, "when a signal is given by a great peal from the parish church, maids in various! houses begin to cook a pancake; later! oil the bells are rung again, and tlie \ girls run to tiie church with plates oi pancakes for the ringers, and honour is paid to the girl who gets there first. At VVem, Shropshire, the same ringer has rung the Pancake Bell for the last 60 years, without a break.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 109, 11 May 1939, Page 26
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