The process in question, known in country phrase as "Tanging", is founded upon the belief that the bees will not settle unless under the influence of this peculiar music; and the constable, holding faithfully to the popular belief, rushed down his garden, "Tanging" as though his life depended upon it, in the hopes that the soothing sound would induce the swarm to settle at once on his own apple trees.
"Tom Brown at Oxford"
Thomas Hughes
Is "Tanging" a superstition or not?
"Tom Brown at Oxford"
Thomas Hughes
In the present case, however, the Tanging was of little avail, for the swarm, after wheeling once or twice in the air, disappeared from the eyes of the constable over the rector's wall.
"Tom Brown at Oxford"
Thomas Hughes