In a book titled "Kikimimi soshi' (a collection of folktales) written by Kizen SASAKI who studied folktales, there is a mysterious story; one night, a footwear turned to be a monster and started singing, 'kararin, kororin, kankororin, I have three eyes and two teeth', in a house in which the family were careless about footwear.
民話研究家・佐々木喜善の著書『聴耳草紙』には、履き物を粗末にする者の家で、夜間に履き物が化け物となって「カラリン、コロリン、カンコロリン、まなぐ三つに歯二ん枚」と歌い出したという怪異がある。