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Nothing on Wikipedia! Care to expand? Is there some oral history behind it?
by wozniacki 10y ago
Nothing on Wikipedia!
Care to expand? Is there some oral history behind it?
- ZeroGravitas 10y agohttp://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/saved-by-the-bell.html http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/saved-by-the-bell.html
- paulddraper 10y agoYou'd be buried with a bell, so in case you woke up (weren't really dead), you could ring it and be rescued. Or at least that's the story.
- deleted 10y ago[deleted]
- slededit 10y agoNot buried with it, you'd have a bell tied to you as you sat on a gurney waiting to be buried. They'd leave you for a period of time in case you awoke. There are instance where people were buried with poisons to take in case they woke inside the coffin - at that point its pretty much over for you.