Shinnecock Indian Nation western Connecticut, the lower Hudson River Valley, through present-day New Jersey, Delaware and Pennsylvania. Like the other Native peoples of Long Island, the Shinnecock made "wampumpeag" (wampum), shell beads strung onto threads that were used as currency, for record-keeping, for aesthetic purposes, and to symbolize a family. These shell beads have been found at Native American-inhabited sites as far west as the Rocky Mountains, showing their value in a trade. Although other New England tribes produced "wampumpeag", the Indians of Long Island are reputed to have made the best. Paumanac, one of the many names given to Long Island, means
Worry beads roll them against each other, creating soft clicking sounds. Worry beads can be a musical instrument, related to rebetiko. Sound is emitted using a drinking glass and rubbing the lip against the worry bead, which is suspended from one button. It is also superstition in certain Greek communities that husbands-to-be, on their wedding night, will perform a "worry bead ritual" involving rapid back-and-forth movement of all beads. This is meant to ensure sexual fulfilment (συνουσία, "synousía"), on the wedding night and during the following honeymoon period. Worry beads Worry beads or kombolói, kompoloi (, , "bead collection"; plural: , )