Rapunzel: I hope you receive or find the answer to your question. I was about to go to bed, but wanted to read the last post, which was yours. It reminded me of the nursery rhyme:

Ride a cock-horse to Banbury Cross,
To see a fine lady upon a white horse;
With rings on her fingers and bells on her toes
She shall have music wherever she goes.

...just a tangent, but thought you might enjoy this while thinking about cymbals on a traveler's feet, whether symbolic or otherwise...

Oh, and another footnote from Mrs. Byrne:

rasorial adj. -- habitually scratching the ground in search of food.

Bon soir,
DubDub