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Jew's harp   /dʒuz hɑrp/   Listen
Jew's harp

noun
1.
A small lyre-shaped musical instrument that is placed between the teeth and played by twanging a wire tongue while changing the shape of the mouth cavity.  Synonyms: jews' harp, mouth bow.





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"Jew's harp" Quotes from Famous Books



... the smoothing-iron under the bed, and the reaping-hook in the window. If a bull has fallen over a rock and been killed, a nail stuck into it will preserve the flesh from the fairies. Music discoursed on a Jew's harp keeps the elfin women away from the hunter, because the tongue of the instrument is of steel. In Morocco iron is considered a great protection against demons; hence it is usual to place a knife or dagger under a sick man's pillow. The Singhalese believe that they are constantly surrounded ...
— The Golden Bough - A study of magic and religion • Sir James George Frazer
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Words linked to "Jew's harp" :   musical instrument, mouth bow, jews' harp, instrument


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