子ねの日ひ

expression, noun

day of the Rat

In the traditional Chinese zodiac calendar, the day of the Rat, especially the first such day in the New Year, was observed with customs like gathering herbs and pulling up young pines.

• 昔むかしは子ねの日ひに野の山やまへ出でかけて若わか菜なを摘つんだ。

  Long ago, on the day of the Rat, people would go out to the fields and hills to pick young greens.

expression, noun

collecting herbs and pulling up young pines on the day of the Rat

Abbreviation of 子の日の遊び, an archaic New Year custom. The activity itself is the focus, not the day.

See also: 子の日の遊び

• 「子ねの日ひ」は、若わか菜なを摘つみ松まつを根ね引びきする遊あそびを指さすこともあった。

  The term 子の日 could also refer to the pastime of picking young greens and pulling up pines by the roots.

expression, noun

pine shoot pulled out by the roots on the day of the Rat

Abbreviation of 子の日の松, an archaic term for the pine shoot used in the day-of-the-Rat custom.

See also: 子の日の松

• 「子ねの日ひ」は、根ね引びきした松まつそのものを指さす古ふるい言いい方かたでもある。

  子の日 is also an old way of referring to the pine shoot itself that was pulled up by the roots.