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Culture bells and bell-ringing bells and bell-ringing Bells hung high in the towers of churches are rung to announce church services. In Britain the sound of church bells from a belfry is associated with Sunday mornings and with weddings. Bells throughout the country may also be rung at times of national celebration. The blessing of the bread and wine at a Communion service may also be indicated by the sounding of a bell. Churches usually have between 5 and 12 bells, which are rung by teams of bell-ringers.
The ringers stand far below the bells and each pulls on a long rope attached to a bell in such a way that the bell swings over in a circle, causing the clapper inside the bell to strike the side. In a peal , each of the bells is rung in turn, and the order in which they are rung changes according to a pattern. This is called change-ringing.
Complicated tunes can be played and many changes have their own name, for example Grandsire Triples and Oxford Treble Bob. Other types of institution also use bells: Great Tom, the big bell at Christ Church College, Oxford , is rung times each night, indicating the original number of scholars at the college.
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