All the ropes are gathered at approximately one point, where the bell-ringer ("zvonar") stands.
The order of ringing the different bells is not fixed, but may be composed by the bell-ringer himself and prompted by his creativity and self-expression.
All the ropes are gathered in one place, where the bell-ringer stands.
He once set his heart upon learning a very long ballad off a fellow bell-ringer, a ploughman in a neighbouring village.
At last the ploughman, filled with desire to go one verse better than his opponent, burst out into the very song for which the bell-ringer was patiently waiting.
And what is true in politics is true in every walk of life; it is true of doctors, trade unionists, botanists, bell-ringers and businessmen.
There was recently a group of bell-ringers who were accused of making too much noise and were prevented from ringing the bells.
The cannon was to give the sign for exact noon for the bell-ringers of the city's churches.