A Little Book of Filipino Riddles eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 73 pages of information about A Little Book of Filipino Riddles.

A Little Book of Filipino Riddles eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 73 pages of information about A Little Book of Filipino Riddles.

Malaki ang namahay cay sa bahay. 
    (Tag.) Calang at ang bahay nang Calang.

The inhabitant is larger than the house. 
    Stove and its lower part (called its house.)

351.

Na upo si ca Item, sinulot nica Pula. 
    (Tag.) Pallot at apoy

Compadre “Item” (black) sat down, Compadre “Pula” (red) poked him. 
    Pot and flame

352.

Ing caballero cung negro makasake yang attung cabayu dapat kikiak
yang anting loco. 
    (Pamp.) Balanga ampong nasi.

My black horseman rides three horses but he is crying like a fool. 
    A pot of cooking rice

    The three horses are the firestones or the three supports of the
    pot in the pottery stove; the bubbling is the crying.

Time.

353.

Ania nga aldao ti caatid-dagan? 
    (Iloc.) Ti aldao a saan a panangan.

What day is the longest? 
    The day on which you do not eat

354.

Nag daan si Cabo negro, namatay na lahat ang tao. 
    (Tag.) Gabi

The black Corporal passed, all the people died. 
    Night

    Died, here, is slept.

Tools.

355.

Nung eminuna ing malati, ing maragul emituqui. 
    (Pamp.) Barrenang espiral

If not preceded by the smaller the larger one will not go. 
    Auger

356.

Adda pinarsua iti Dios natanquen ti pammaguina madi a mangan no di
matoen ti olona. 
    (Iloc.) Paet

There is a creature of God whose body is hard; it does not wish to
eat unless you strike its head. 
    Chisel

357.

Adda babay a labang di mangan no diai paculan. 
    (Iloc.) Paet

There is a woman who does not eat unless you strike her. 
    Chisel

358.

Ing damulag cung dapa, quing gulut ya ta tacla. 
    (Pamp.) Catam

My crawling carabao excretes its feces upward. 
    Plane

359.

Taot ngato, taot baba, cayot tingana. 
    (Iloc.) Ragadi

Man above, man below, wood in middle. 
    Saw

    Below the horizontally placed timber to be sawed a pit is dug;
    one sawyer is below in the pit, the other above, each holds a
    handle of the great saw, which works up and down.

Toy.

360.

Enbontayog coy ecnol quinmocaoc ya tampol. 
    (Pang.) Bibintarol

I throw the eggs; they crow immediately. 
    Firecracker

361.

Adda abalbalayco a sinam granada rineppetco a binastabasta imbarsacco
diay daga nasay sayaat ti cancionna,
    (Iloc.) Sunay

I have a toy like a granada; I tied it around and around and threw
it on the ground and it sang sweetly. 
    Top

Trunk.

362.

Pusipusec ta pusegmo ta iruarco ta quinnanmo. 
    (Iloc.) Lacaza

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