What is the significance of wooden percussion frogs and for what purpose were they originally used?



Percussion frogs – a model of a frog with a wooden stick in its mouth – were first mentioned in an old East Asian fairy story. A young prince was forbidden to meet his beloved because she was not of high birth. They arranged to sound a percussion frog when they wanted to meet, as a secret sign to meet at the legendary banyan tree in the furthest corner of the palace, near a swamp. One night, they lost their way in the swamp and were never seen or heard of again, except in the form of the percussion frog’s call. Lovers nowadays use the frog as a symbol of undying lov

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