What did the ringing of the bells mean in some villages?

it meant death

Explanation:

In the nineteenth century, these instruments were symbols of their towns and objects of both ecclesiastic and civic pride. Bell-ringing served practical purposes of communication, marking both religious and secular time, as well as calling citizens to pray, assemble, take arms, or beware of danger.

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the decreasing neutrality of the u. s. in world war i

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