Sacred Texts

Found Sacred Texts, a nice site which has plenty of beautiful religious texts.

http://www.sacred-texts.com/

But why, instead of putting the thread through the eye of the needle, should the Japanese maiden slip the eye of the needle over the point of the thread?

From

JAPAN, AN ATTEMPT AT INTERPRETATION

BY

LAFCADIO HEARN

I am now reading the Nihongi, an ancient text of the Shinto.