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English term or phrase:
end man's "bones" in a minstrel troupe
English answer:
a simple percussion instrument made of animal bones or wood
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Jenni Lukac (X)
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end man's "bones" in a minstrel troupe
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In some houses the thrumming of lugubrious guitars added to the depression of the triste night. Giant tree-frogs rattled in the foliage as loudly as ---------------------the end man's "bones" in a minstrel troupe.--------------------- By nine o'clock the streets were almost deserted.
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a simple percussion instrument made of animal bones or wood
The bones are a musical instrument (more specifically, a folk instrument) which, at the simplest, consists of a pair of animal bones, or pieces of wood or a similar ..http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bones_(instrument)
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End man in a minstrel troupe
On minstrels as an American entertainment, the Wikipedia article is very useful.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minstrel_show
The end men or endmen were the musicians at either end of the row. These illustrations from the Wikipedia article show them. Look at the three endmen (with blacked-up faces) on the left in this picture; they are holding bones:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/Belvidere...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minstrel_show
The end men or endmen were the musicians at either end of the row. These illustrations from the Wikipedia article show them. Look at the three endmen (with blacked-up faces) on the left in this picture; they are holding bones:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/Belvidere...
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Yvonne Gallagher
: well now spoons eh? You can do more than me:-) Yes, it looks so easy to do until you try!
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Thanks, gallagy, and many thanks for the Irish bones page, which I loved. I've never tried bones, though I have played the spoons (badly). Very tricky to do well.
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