Japanese Folk Tale

Humorous Stories: Tales of Foolish Villages 24-5
Iwate: Kunohe 4-69, "The foolish son-in-law" No. 1 (Baka muko).
Miyagi, Moyoyashi-gun: Kyodo den 2 117, "The foolish son-in-law"
{Baka muko}.
Momoo-gun, Jugahama: Kyodo den 1 178, "A certain foolish sonin-law"
{Aru baka muko}.
Osaka, Minamikawachi-gun: MK I 11 38, "Shichiko and the dan go"
{Shichiko to dango}. It is set apart from foolish son-in-law tales.
Fukuoka, Kurate-gun: Fukuoka 193, "A place called Noma" (Noma to iu
tokoro no hanashi).
Yame-gun: Fukuoka 196, "The fool" (Baka no hanashi).
Kurume: Fukuoka 197, "The manju" (Manju no hanashi); Fukuoka
III "Chienoyama."
Oita, Hayami-gun: MK II 1 4-4-, "Rice cakes are ghosts" {Mochi wa
bakemono}.
251. Rice Cakes are Ghosts
The bride told her husband before they went to pay a call upon
her father that mochi meant ghost, so he would not eat too much of
it. He really thought it was dangerous and did all sorts of foolish
things.
Fukushima, Iwaki-gun: Iwaki 179, "The foolish son-in-law" (Baka muko
banashi).
Miyagi, Momoo-gun: Kyodo den 2 122, "The foolish son-in-law and
fukude mochi" (Baka muko to fukude mochi).
Oita, Hayami-gun, Tateishi: MK II 1 4-4-, "Rice cakes are ghosts"
{Mochi wa bakemono}. It is told in some detail as a story about a
foolish son-in-law at Takachiho in Hyuga. The explanation of the
wife becomes rather tedious.
252. The Jar and the Little Stone
"The Stone and the Wine Jar"
Once upon a time when a foolish son-in-law went to VlSlt his
father-in-law, the old man had rice cakes covered with sweet bean
paste made and set out for a treat. The young man could not get over
that sweet taste. After the old man had settled down to sleep, the
young man took the opportunity to get the bean paste jar out of the
cupboard where he had watched it put. He stuck his head into it and
ate his fill. Then he could not get his head out. In the meantime he
wanted to go to the privy. While he was crouching there, his fatherin-law
came along. The old man finished without noticing him, but
there was no wood chip handy to use. He picked up a little stone and