In the story of Ikkyu san, Ikkyu found Osho (a priest)'s treasured mizuame and ate the whole thing while he was out, and his story about making an excuse was famous, and its content is similar to that of "Busu" of kyogen (a farce played during a noh play cycle).
一休さんで、一休が和尚さんの留守中に秘蔵の水飴を見つけて全部食べてしまい、言い逃れる話は有名（内容は狂言の『附子』〔ぶす〕とほぼ同じ）。