Sacristan

And hence the custom and law began That still at dawn the sacristan, Who duly pulls the heavy bell, Five and forty beads must tell Between each stroke

[…] every evening as the temple was closed for the night the sacristan paused: "Pindar to supper with the god!" he cried.

The church was looked after by an old sacristan who lived in a cottage on the shore of the lake.