Hammering time

One version of the story is that Houzou Benard and Paquet Siviere, two, (Protestant,) Huguenots one from Dieppois and the other Altifagien, outraged the faithful during the procession of their Catholic sacrament and were condemned by the Church to pay for the clock tower and to strike the time every 15 minutes. When they died, they were replaced by these automata.y There are only 18 similar clochards in France - maybe because the Huguenots were invited to emigrate.Read more