Castanets

Daikoku band: they were to sing the ballads Those with the castanets were the Ebisu party and formed the chorus. ❋ Lafcadio Hearn (1877)

Other girls were provided with a kind of castanets, -- two flat pieces of hard dark wood, connected by a string. ❋ Lafcadio Hearn (1877)

"Mexican Girl" brings in some obvious yet suitable flourishes, such as castanets and Spanish guitar, neither of which one tends to associate with the Beach Boys. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The castanets of her many bracelets tinck-tincked as her bright eyes surveyed the room taking in the surface of things. ❋ Carol Edgarian (2011)

The castanets dangling from her key chain clatter in her hand. ❋ Claudia Ricci (2011)

She lifts her arms above her head and makes castanets of her fingers. ❋ Ginnah Howard (2010)

They were weak, and paused often, catching themselves, in the act of stooping, with giddy motions, or staggering to the centre of operations with their knees shaking like castanets. ❋ Unknown (2010)

For a run-through of the new song "On and On," Mr. Weckerman shakes both a rainstick and castanets before switching to a pitch pipe, while the band's other drummer, Stan Demeski, strikes a tambourine, the song slowly cresting. ❋ Andy Beta (2011)

The production, based on Alexander Gorsky's 1900 Bolshoi version, is pure Hispanic hokum, an orgy of snapping fans, swirling capes and drilling castanets. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Visiting with my parents, sister, two aunts, an uncle, Gramps, two cousins and a second-cousin (who roped me into performing an after-dinner “I got maracas!” show as a backup dancer (complete with castanets)) was emotionally rewarding as well as tiring. ❋ Unknown (2009)

They were weak and paused often, catching themselves, in the act of stooping, with giddy motions, or staggering to the center of operations with their knees shaking like castanets. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The dancers mix the percussive footwork of flamenco with the livelier rhythms of tap, losing castanets for shimmying shoulders, while the musicians combine jazz and Latin rhythms with conventional Spanish percussion and guitar. ❋ Unknown (2011)

La Movida first showed the world that Spain — which now conjures up images of Bilbao's Guggenheim Museum, Pedro Almod ó var's melodramas and Ferran Adri à 's foams — could mean more than castanets, bull fights and suntan lotion. ❋ J. S. Marcus (2010)

It is largely a matter of instrumental and vocal colour: everything from Ensemble Elyma's fiesta of castanets, tambourines and guitars to the four-voice austerity of Ensemble Le Sans-Pareil's musical journey from Lisbon to Rio. ❋ Unknown (2010)

On the way to show off a futuristic kitty-litter box by Modkat she has grown quite attached to, Ms. Gubelmann passed a blow-up pillow featuring the face of Chairman Mao, a clown nose of a ball that turns into an iPod speaker she regally endorsed, and lavender sachets she, at first, mistook for castanets. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Three songs by Ricky Ian Gordon (also accompanied by the quartet) led from romantic lovely lines ( "Will There Really Be A Morning") to the vernacular of "Coyotes," strongly reminiscent of "Hernando's Hideaway" ( "The Pajama Game"), complete with castanets. ❋ Unknown (2010)

With the juxtaposition of the castanets, the tits, the anti-war chants and the stars and bars, I hardly knew which way to turn (that is the problem with me in flamenco class, I am never knowing which way to turn). ❋ Unknown (2010)

She had a great pair of [tuna] castanets. [Samantha] was a [keen] player of the tuna castanets. ❋ Indie Punk (2003)

guy 1: has [your girl] [tromboned] you yet? guy 2: [naw], but i totally castanetted her last night. ❋ Triggerwords (2012)

[Flamenco] [dancers] use their [castanets] to tap along with the music. ❋ Controltouchmaster (2010)

She [sure] knows [how to] [play] the spam castanets. ❋ Donkey (2004)

Hey, I'll play [the guitar], [Pedro] can play some [Spam Castanets] ❋ Gene! (2007)

I wouldn't [mind] [banging] her [spam castanet] ❋ Wingedmarsupial (2011)

Geez 1: Whats her [cootch] saying the? Geez 2: Boy, [all good], but what a pair of [Spam Castanets]! ❋ Ruthless 1 (2005)