According to a folktale handed down in Aza-Hodono, Ichiu (present-day Kami City), Monobe Village (of Kochi Prefecture), Kochi Prefecture, an old woman living in the interior helped the Ushioni that had fallen into a cone-shaped pit 3.6 to 5.4 meters deep and been crying for not be able to get out of it.
高知県物部村(高知県)市宇字程野（現・香美市）に伝わる話では、2-3間の深さのすり鉢状の穴に落ち抜け出せずに泣いている牛鬼を、屋地に住んでいる老婆が助けた。