粥かゆ柱ばしら

noun

mochi added to rice gruel on the 15th of the first month

Rare seasonal term referring to a custom of adding mochi to rice gruel on the 15th day of the first lunar month (around the time of the New Year).

• 「粥かゆ柱ばしら」は、正しょう月がつ十じゅう五ご日にちに粥かゆに餅もちを入いれて食たべる風ふう習しゅうを指さす言こと葉ばだ。

  The word 粥柱 refers to the custom of eating rice gruel with mochi added on the 15th day of the New Year.