****So they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, lead it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a bell. ****
An old boy named Bateson made small belfreys with bells to do this work. People called him nuts, and the term “Bats in the belfrey” meant someone who was not quite right.
Forgot this! The item was known as Bateson’s Belfry and from there the term Bats in the Belfry meant someone who was not quite right.