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.

What creature made by Lord God walks on its back? 
    Boat

30.

Oalay asoc ya quisquis no onbatic tirakiang. 
    (Pang.) Baloto

I have a hairless dog, who goes belly upward. 
    Boat

31.

Naligo ang capitan hindi nabasa ang tian. 
    (Tag.) Banca

The captain took a bath without his belly getting wet. 
    Banca

32.

Adda impatacderco a caoayan no agbolong intan. 
    (Iloc.) Parao

I set up a bambu; if it leafs out we shall go. 
    Prao

    The bambu set up is the mast; the leaf is the sail.

33.

Nano nga cahoy nga con may dahon may gamut, pero eon ua-ay gani dahon
ua-ay man sing gamut? 
    (Bis.) Parao

What tree is it, that when it has leaves it also has roots, but when
it has no leaves it also has no roots? 
    Parao

    Sail, rudder and oars.

34.

Nagalacat nagahayang. 
    (Bis.) Sacayan

He walks with his back. 
    A ship

35.

Manica maco tana,
tipa ca queti tana. 
    (Pamp.) Ancla

Come up and let us go, go down and here we stay. 
    Anchor

Body:  parts.

36.

Ania ti pinarsua ti Dios a masicog ti licudan? 
    (Iloc.) Botoy

What thing created by God has the fullness of pregnancy (masicog)
behind? 
    The calf of the leg

    Masicog is the swollen abdomen of the pregnant woman.

37.

Bulong ti cappa-cappa nagtalicud nagpada. 
    (Iloc.) Lapayag

Cappa-cappa leaves placed back to back. 
    Ears

38.

Daluang balon hindi malingon. 
    (Tag.) Tainga

Two wells, of which you cannot catch sight. 
    (Your) ears

39.

Pito iti taoana; taltallo iti requepna. 
    (Iloc.) Lapayag, agong, mata, ngioat

There are seven windows; only three shut. 
    Ears, nostrils, eyes, mouth

40.

Sipac nga sipac, saan nga mangeg ti caaroba. 
    (Iloc.) Mata

Claps and claps, but the neighbors do not hear. 
    Eyes

41.

Tepac cac tan tepac agnereguel na ybac. 
    (Pang.) Mata

Clapping and clapping but my companions cannot hear me. 
    Eyes

42.

Dalaua cong cahon bucsan ualang ugong. 
    (Tag.) Mata

I open my two boxes noiselessly. 
    Eyes

43.

Dalawang batong maitim malayo ang dinarating. 
    (Tag.) Mata

Two black stones which reach far. 
    Eyes

44.

Dalawang tindahan sabay na binubucsan. 
    (Tag.) Mata

Two stores are open at the same time. 
    Eyes

45.

Adda dua nga Princesas quet nagseng nga tan da iti dua nga bantay;
no agsangit iti maysa agsangit danga dua. 
    (Iloc.) Mata

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