Wooden Beads

I have a long strand of wooden beads that I often like to wear in the U.S.
I wore them for the first time in Korea yesterday.  Within the first 3 minutes I was in school, I had three people grab them and say "Buddha? Buddha?" and then they would pretend to hit a gong.  This happened all day, in every class.
So, it looks like I won't be wearing my wooden beads anymore.  My wooden Buddhist prayer beads...