〜Origin of the custom 何年後かな〜

As I learned that for Tanabata, star festival decoration, leaves of paper mulberries were used to write on before strips of paper were around, I bought a small tree of paper mulberry.  I wonder when I will be able to use its leaves to write on.

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七夕飾りに使う短冊は元々梶の木の葉を使ったと聞きましたので、小さな梶の木を買いました。葉っぱに字が書けるようになるのはいつでしょう?

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Our names are/

On fancy strip of paper/

Star festival/

Calligraphy and translation by Chio

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