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The Kappa In Japanese Folklore

  • Kappas are legendary creatures that inhabit the rivers and waterways of Japan. They have beaked noses, shells on their back and a depression on their heads that holds water. Kappa are mischievous troublemakers. Their pranks range from the relatively innocent, such as loudly passing gas or looking up women's kimonos, to the more troublesome such as drowning swimmers and eating children. They feed on their victims by sucking their liver though their anus. They love cucumbers and if you write your name on a cucumber and throw it in the river, the kappa may be appeased by your gift and allow you to swim in peace.

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April 05, 2012

Scullery Maid

A few weeks ago Ivy and I watched the 1995 version of A Little Princess, which is a lovely movie, but takes so many liberties with the book. It's really more of a remake of the Shirley Temple version, complete with the saccharine sweet happy ending. We found the 1980's Wonderworks production, which was much more faithful, as well as reading the book with Tasha Tudor's  illustrations.

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Ivy became fascinated (of all things) with scullery maids. When she requested a uniform, I was inclined to oblige. I had an old pattern for a sort of pioneer girl costume--Simplicity 9708, and modified the colonial girl cap to look more like a servant's cap.

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I've yet to get her to do any actually scrubbing.

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