Mikaribaba
Mikaribaba (箕借り婆) is a yōkai of a one-eyed old woman in stories and customs of the Kantō region. They visit people's homes on the eighth day of the 12th month and the eighth day of the second month on the lunisolar calendar, and they are said to borrow sieves and human's eyes. An avaricious mikaribaba would even come to collect grains of rice that have fallen on the ground, and would cause fires due to the fire in its mouth.
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- hitotsume-kozō
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“Mikaribaba (箕借り婆) is a yōkai of a one-eyed old woman in stories and customs of the Kantō region. In Yokohama and Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, the Chiba Prefecture, and Tokyo etc., they would visit people's homes on the eighth day of the 12th month and the eighth day of the second month on the lunisolar calendar, and they are said to borrow sieves and human's eyes”
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