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size=3D2><BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Bell Historians] nine tailors origins/ =
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exactly was it rung<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>In a =
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dated 13/06/2003 02:02:30 GMT Daylight Time, mary_maloney01@h...=20
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2>how was it rung ?....<BR><SPAN=20
class=3D698130211-13062003><FONT color=3D#0000ff>[A=20
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color=3D#0000ff>Three ways. 3 x 3 strokes for a man, each group o=
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separated by a pause; 2x 3</FONT> <FONT color=3D#0000ff>strokes fo=
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woman and 3 single strokes for a child. The the number of years t=
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person had lived would be tolled. Hence the saying Nine Tailors m=
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Man'. Tailors is derived from 'tellers' i.e. the sound of the bel=
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telling the community of the death.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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