A quick scan of Google (first place I always look for new information) reveals that Foo Foo Bands, which included spoons, originated in ships' bands. A quote from an American record company states that "The Foo Foo Band performs sailors' songs and dances. A Foo Foo Band used to be an impromptu band, consisting of the ship's crew on the late 19th century sailing boats, and likewise this Foo Foo Band consists of members from bands of the Dutch folkrevival." There is a popular modern rock band called The Foo Foo Fighters but I don't know whether they were influenced by the earlier bands. In the USA Tom Callinan (known as Tom-the-Pirate) carries on the tradition of Foo Foo music when he "performs and teaches: chanteys (work songs) and sea songs about pirates, buccaneers, privateers, salty dogs, and a host of infamous nautical no-accounts. Self-accompanied on an array of string, wind, and percussion instruments, Tom gets the toes tapping and the hands clapping with spirited instrumental tunes played on a pennywhistle or ocarina. Learn to play the spoons, become part of a "foo-foo" band selected from audience volunteers, and revel in an assortment of songs and tales about the comings and goings, the shipwrecks, the pirates, the trash and the treasure - past and present." Another correspondant cites the nautical construction "foo-foo" (or "poo-poo"), used to refer to something effeminate or some technical thing whose name has been forgotten, e.g. "foo-foo box", "foo-foo valve". This was common on ships by the early nineteenth century. A notorious Manchester drag artiste called herself "Foo-Foo". Hope this enlightens somewhat. Hazel