Funny story: I tried to look for a free English e-book of Tono Monogatari in order to get the (somewhat weirdly written) excerpt right, but couldn't find one with my clearly limited Google-fu. What I did find was a German e-book that helped me in the right direction.
The top paragraphs aren't part of the excerpt, though, and I'll need to come back to them later. Hopefully.
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In the mountains of Tono, there exists a strange house known as Mayohiga. He who discovers such a house is free to take whatever utensils and animals he wants with him. This house appears in order to bring people luck.
(Excerpt from Tono Monogatari, tale 63)