A Japanese miscellany - University of Oregon

212 Japanese Miscellany
( Prcmnce of I^umo. )
Nenneko, nenneko, nenneko ya
Netara o-kaka e tsurete ina
Okitara gagama ga totte kama
Sleep, sleep, O sleep, my child! If you sleep I will
go home to fetch your mother 1
Gagama^ will catch and bite you I
If you stay awake the
{Kyoto Lullaby.)
Netaka? nenandaka?
Makura ni toSba,
Makura mono iuta,
Neta to iuta.
Gone to sleep ?— not yet sleeping ? When I questioned
the pillow, the pillow spoke words: "Already asleep," —
so it said.
{Province of Musashi.)
Nenneko! nenneko!
Nenneko yo
Oraga akabo wa
Itsu dekita ?
* This IS an Izumo name for some kind of Goblin. I wonder if tlie
term is not a corruption of tlie ancient word Gogome, — a name given
to certain ptiantoms of the primitive Shinto cult, — the Ugly Women of
the Underworld.
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