If representation and recruitment is an objective, self-styled mavericks like Kelly and his Queensland sidekick George Christensen have some utility.

The Harpe. A harpe geueth ſounde as it is ſette / The harper may wreſt it vntunablye

In geomancy, the enquirer himself was asked to stab the earth at random with a pointed stick. The soothsayer then read the dots.

The crack of the home run that the batsman cherishes shell-shocks the nerves of the pitcher who threw it.