No. 76 — Settokosek

Record

A foolish son-in-law, treated to dumplings at the house he had married into, chanted "dumplings, dumplings" on his way home so as not to forget their name, but when he leapt over a weir along the way, he blurted out "Settoko," and from then on that was the word he used instead. Back home, he pestered his mother to make him "Settoko," and when she, not understanding, struck him, a lump like a dumpling rose on his forehead — seeing it, he said he wanted that dumpling made for 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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