Hi Melwyn, check this out: To curse by bell, book, and candle, a solemn form of excommunication used in the Roman Catholic church, the bell being tolled, the book of offices for the purpose being used, and three candles being extinguished with certain ceremonies. --Nares. (http://onlinedictionary.datasegment.com/word/bell+ringer)
Moving on: Bells. Toller, Handringing. Carillonneur, Camapanology (presumably a terms loathed by ringers). A hilarious tweet from http://twitter.com/mathheinzel "The carollineur's tinnitis stemmed from constant tintinnabulation." Hi All, Here is an interesting Glossary of Ringing Terms. http://www.cb1.com/~john/ringing/glossary.html Carillon (Lovely image) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carillon Campanalogy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campanology Handbell http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handbell#Six_bells venantius ++++++++++++++++ From: Mervyn Lobo <[email protected]> To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Goanet] It is time to shut down the Colva church Marlon, One of the first hobbies I picked up when I?was in the?USA was (hand) bell ringing. (del) Mervyn1065Lobo (del)
