No. 83 — The pillar cover

Record

On his way to visit his father-in-law's house as a new son-in-law, the man was given advice by his wife, who told him that if he saw a knot-hole in the alcove pillar, he should say that a pillar cover would be good to hang over it. In the sitting room, he said just that and pleased his father-in-law. But later, when he was shown a horse, he used the same words about the hole in the horse's rear, which angered his father-in-law, and his wife was taken back from him.

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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