Tale 96 — The feebleminded man who predicted fires
A feebleminded man who lived in the town of Tono had a habit of picking up bits of wood and dust from the road and sniffing them, and from time to time he would throw stones at houses and shout that there was a fire. It was said that the house always caught fire that same night or the next day, and no household escaped the fire even when it took care.
- Land
- Tono
- Setting
- Tono, Iwate
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