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Two Stories!! 'Oni Wa Soto' & 'The Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly'.
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In this big double bill episode, Tanya, with a lot of help from Batt Lamb (and Pete), tells a story that centres around the Japanese celebration, Setsubun - the Japanese bean throwing festival. In early February, in anticipation of Spring, people drive out bad luck and the oni (demons) associated with it, to welcome in the new. This version of the story comes from storyteller Cathy Spagnoli, who has now passed, and was told to her by a Japanese friend.
Then in a similar vein comes the old story song about an old lady who swallowed a fly.....I don't why she swallowed that fly!…
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