_o-fuda_ be removed.

[Footnote 59: _Hégashi_ is the causative form of the verb _hégu_,
"to pull off," "peel off," "strip off," "split off." The term
_Fuda-hégashi_ signifies "Make-peel-off-august-charm Ghost." In my
_Ghostly Japan_ the reader can find a good Japanese story about a
_Fuda-hégashi_.]

Vengeful ghosts cannot themselves remove an _o-fuda_; but they will
endeavor by threats or promises or bribes to make some person remove
it for them. A ghost that wants to have the _o-fuda_ pulled off a door
is called a _Fuda-hégashi_.

Hégasan to
Rokuji-no-fuda wo,
Yuréï mo
Nam'mai d[=a] to
Kazoëté zo mini.

[_Even the ghost that would remove the charms written with six
characters actually tries to count them, repeating: "How many
sheets are there?" (or, repeating, "Hail to thee, O Buddha
Amitábha!"[60])_]

[Footnote 60: The fourth line gives these two readings:--

_Nam'mai da?_--"How many sheets are there?"

_Nam[u] A[m]ida!_--"Hail, O Amitâbha!"