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No bats in your belfry? Try your back yard! - GrownUps New Zealand
‘Bats in your belfry’ has long been a derogatory reference to someone with disturbed thinking, but the real meaning of the term hails from European countries where bats frequently roost in belfries – the bell towers at the top of churches. The bats’ fluttering in and out of their tall homes en mass, just as thoughts dance in and out of troubled minds, gave rise to the unhappy saying. Fortunately, in New Zealand, our native bats have much more attractive connotations, and believe it or not…
