bullroarer

bullroarer is a noisemaker or whirling aerophone.

Also recorded as bull-roarer; bull-roarers; rhombus; turndun; thunderstick; whizzer.

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Ritual musical instrument used for communicating over great distances.

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

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“Bullroarer”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q666971: bullroarer
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