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Aston Abbotts or Aston Abbots is a village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England. It is about 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Aylesbury and 2.5 miles (4 km) south-west of Wing. The parish includes the hamlet of Burston and had a population of 426 at the 2021 Census.
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"Break a leg" is a typical English idiom used in the context of theatre or other performing arts to wish a performer "good luck". An ironic or non-literal saying of uncertain origin, "break a leg" is commonly said to actors and musicians before they go on stage to perform or before an audition. Though the term likely originates in German, the English expression is first attributed in the 1930s or possibly 1920s, originally documented without specifically theatrical associations. Among professional dancers, the traditional saying is not "break a leg", but the French word merde.
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A bell-ringer is a person who rings a bell, usually a church bell, by means of a rope or other mechanism.
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Sparsholt is a village and civil parish about 3 miles (5 km) west of Wantage in the Vale of White Horse district of Oxfordshire. The parish includes the hamlet of Westcot about 1⁄2 mile (800 m) west of the village. Sparsholt was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred the Vale of White Horse to Oxfordshire.
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- 1 2 Emily Upton. "The origin of the phrase "dead ringer"". Today I Found Out. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
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