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Hold them like this," instructs David Murphy as he TIFF Cushion Toggle necklace the ribs on either side of my middle finger so they curve away from each other. He then tells me to click the bones together in time to the jig playing on the stereo.This isn't a macabre Irish ritual. I'm actually being given a crash course in playing the bones Awkwardly, I try to TIFF Cushion Toggle Necklace and Bracelet Set as I'm told but the sound that emerges is neither rhythmic nor musical. "Don't worry," David reassures me. "Everyone finds it difficult at the beginning."

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David Murphy first became interested in the bones when he was twelve. "A friend of mine invited me to a session in Abbeyfeale where I saw Patrick Sport Murphy TIFF Notes the bones," he says. "He's a local man whom I still consider to be the best player I've ever heard. We were both so impressed we got our own bones the following day."David was determined to master the bones and spent every spare moment practicing.