No. 65 — A pillow on his head
After marrying into the family, the foolish son-in-law used a pillow for the first time, and because it kept slipping off his head, he asked his wife what to do. She taught him to tie it to his head with a loincloth before sleeping. The next morning he forgot it was still tied on and got up that way, so his father-in-law caught sight of him and sent him back home. Later, pretending it was for driving out pheasants, he had his neighbors tie pillows to their heads and made them run about the garden, a comical affair.
- Land
- Shiwa District
- Type
- Strange Fates
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