We are very fond of folk toys. Podorythmie has been using limberjacks from the start!  Sometimes called Jig Dolls, they have been around for hundreds of years.   In the 19th century they traveled over from Europe to Canada and the US. In Quebec they are called les gigueux.

Some bands do sing-a-longs, (we do those too) we do crank-a-longs to a specail crankie called CRANKIE THINGS.  It's a long story but Sue has a huge collection of objects with cranks: egg beaters. flour sifters, music boxes, hand drills, you name it.  For special occasions, we bring them along and ask the audience to help us with the crankie things crankie. In this video, the truly wonderful audience at Frontier Home, is practicing for their crankie debut. Crank with feeling!

Early 19th century jig dolls used a string suspended from the doll's head instead of a stick.