Note 16 — The Nā, Mī, and Blue-Lotus Flowers’ Princesses

The Prince, taking the piece of spittle and wrapping it in his handkerchief, went to the house of a widow woman. Having gone there and given the handkerchief into the hand of the widow-mother, he said, “Mother, having placed this handkerchief in the very bottommost pot,16 put it away.” After that, the woman having placed the handkerchief in the very bottommost pot, put it away.