Yokote Basin in Akita Prefecture was once a lake called Torinoumi, and when the lake was reclaimed, Daidarabocchi appeared and drained the water and shoveled the mud, by which the reclamation made much progress.
秋田県の横手盆地が湖であったので鳥の海の干拓を行った際、だいだらぼっちが現れて水をかき、泥を掬ったため工事がはかどった。