As okame is also called otafuku and means many fortunes, it is regarded as good omen, and they began to use it as an ornament attached to rakes sold on Tori no Ichi (open-air market on the day of the bird) at Asakusa and so on.
またお多福ともいうように福が多いということから縁起がよいとされ浅草などの酉の市の熊手の飾りなどに使われるようになった。