It is said that Paisley Town Hall bells used to ring with the songs of Scotland. There was also a popular saying that when the Poorhouse bell was rung it said —
“Tinklum, tanklum, tinklum, tanklum,
Tak your parritch or want them. “
p.22, The History of Paisley from the Roman period down to 1884 Robert Brown, F.S.A, Scot
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