VirusType2
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I heard something interesting the other day.
Where did the phrase, "saved by the bell" come from?
Boxing? A really corny TV show?
No.
I cannot find any information about this maybe someone can assist me.
I found it interesting to read in a book something like:
Long ago, In England, many people were thought dead and buried. They ran out of room to bury people so they had to dig up the dead so they could put another corpse in the coffin. They discovered scratch marks on the insides of some of the coffins, indicating that some people that were thought dead were actually buried alive.
The put a hole in any future coffins with a string attached to a bell above the earth. If anyone was accidentally buried alive, they could pull the string to ring the bell so that they could be unearthed and saved.
A better idea would have been to see if their heart is beating and/or wait a while IMO.
Anyone heard of this?
I read it in a science fiction book, but that doesn't mean that there aren't any facts in it.
Where did the phrase, "saved by the bell" come from?
Boxing? A really corny TV show?
No.
I cannot find any information about this maybe someone can assist me.
I found it interesting to read in a book something like:
Long ago, In England, many people were thought dead and buried. They ran out of room to bury people so they had to dig up the dead so they could put another corpse in the coffin. They discovered scratch marks on the insides of some of the coffins, indicating that some people that were thought dead were actually buried alive.
The put a hole in any future coffins with a string attached to a bell above the earth. If anyone was accidentally buried alive, they could pull the string to ring the bell so that they could be unearthed and saved.
A better idea would have been to see if their heart is beating and/or wait a while IMO.
Anyone heard of this?
I read it in a science fiction book, but that doesn't mean that there aren't any facts in it.
