Passing bell dreams by DreamMean
To hear a passing bell, unexpected intelligence of the sorrow or illness of the absent.
To ring one yourself, denotes ill health and reverses.
See also related symbols: Bedbugs, Fever, Fowl, Yew Tree, Vomit, Quack Doctor, Numbness, Gong, Tickle, Ringworms, Bog, Passing Bell, Scaldhead, Roots, Marsh, Riot, Croup, Ferns, Paunch, Mausoleum, Quagmire, Chilblain, Surgeon, Implements, Valley, Gown, Agony, Flux, Chair, Fainting, Thermometer,... (read all at source)
'If there were dreams to sell,
What would you buy?
Some cost a passing bell,
Some a light sigh,
That shakes from Life's fresh crown
Only a rose-leaf down.
If there were dreams to sell,
Merry and sad to tell,
And the crier rung the bell,
What would you buy?'... (read all at source)
handbells, heliograph, high sign, horn, hour, idiophone, international alphabet flag, international numeral pennant, jingle bell, key, kick, knell, leer, lip, lockout, lyra, maraca, marimba, marker beacon, metallophone, minute, mouthpiece, nod, nudge, orchestral bells, parachute flare, passing bell,... (read all at source)