Bells.
Helpston cracked pippins,
And Northborough cracked pans,
Glinton fine Organs,
And Peakirk tin pans.
The Churches of Tansor and Cotterstock are not very far from each other. Cotterstock has four bells, and Tansor only two. The villagers say that the Cotterstock bells ask:
"Who rings the best? Who rings the best?"
and Tansor proudly and rapidly replies,
"We do, We do, We do, We do."
Tansor now possesses three bells, so their answer now is "We three do."
The Pancake bell is still rung regularly in Peterborough on Shrove Tuesday.
The Gleaning bell is rung in the district.
In some Parishes a bell was tolled during the time of a corpse being put in its shroud, and was called the "Winding Bell."
The Church Bells of Helpston, Northborough, Glinton, and Peakirk are described as:—