No. 67 — Puppu and Ae-kan

Record

The priest put the young monks to bed, then roasted mochi and warmed sake to enjoy by himself, and at such times he had a habit of muttering to himself, "Puppu," "Ae-kan." The young monks, one fond of mochi and the other fond of sake, made the priest believe that these words were a signal calling them, and so they cleverly got hold of the mochi and the sake.

Source

Ogasawara Kenkichi (ed.), Shiwa-gun Mukashibanashi-shu (1938) — National Diet Library Digital Collections (Japanese text)

Land

Shiwa District

Type

Strange Fates

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