“I came across this linen bag full of small wooden ovals printed with images of different animals and a compass.”
Answer: "They’re runes. I know with tarot or divination cards, there are many “non-traditional” divination cards that have a similar process to tarot. They’ll be angel cards, or mermaid cards etc., and they have their own unique methodology outside a common comparative like tarot. They are sold in a paper and plastic case with a window to show the runes and a booklet telling the “meaning”. They’re really common in chain bookstores or new age stores.
When you cast runes, you sometimes place a circle or series of circle on a mat where you throw the runes on top. Where the runes fall adds to the meaning or changes it. The compass is for like "if the rune dropped towards the south it’s reversed."
Could it be the picture is upside-down?
"Tastes like lime..." I'm more concerned that the person would taste something that they don't know what it is (the answer is probably correct but still...)