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.

Intestine (gut) choose what you want. 
    Fire-blower

    It is a simple tube of bambu.

182.

Magdala ya laman mete, mamita yang laman mabie. 
    (Pamp.) Mamaduas ing apana ating asan a dumamit.

He carries the flesh of the dead, but seeks the flesh of the living. 
    Fishline

183.

Banga sadi Sinait, naapinan ti nangisit. 
    (Iloc.) Tintiroan

A pot from Sinait, lined with black. 
    Ink bottle

184.

Adda bassit nga quita nga casla tisa ngem mabalinna nga ayoanan ti
maysa nga balasang nga casla mangayoan a cas maysa nga leon. 
    (Iloc.) Tulbec

There is a little thing like a piece of crayon, but it can guard a
lady like a lion. 
    Key

185.

Hindi madangkal, hindi madipa, pinag-tutuangan nang lima. 
    (Tag.) Carayom

You can not span it, you cannot measure it by your outstretched arms,
and it is being carried by five. 
    Needle

186.

Begut nc ing andang tinuki ya ing ubingan. 
    (Pamp.) Carayum ampong sinulad.

He pulled out a stick and it was followed by a snake. 
    Needle and thread

187.

Na una ang trozo sa manghihila. 
    (Tag.,—­also Bis., Pang.) Carayom

The log comes first, then the hauling cable. 
    Needle (and thread)

188.

Tinoduc ni ampalocneng ti obet ni ampatang quen. 
    (Iloc.) Dagum

The soft one is thrust through the anus of the hard one. 
    Needle and thread

189.

Ania nga abut iti tacopan iti iapadana nga abut? 
    (Iloc.) Iquet

What hole do you mend with holes? 
    Net

190.

Magmagnaac mangibatbatiac ti magnaac agbalbalicas. 
    (Iloc.) Pluma

I am walking leaving tracks where I walk. 
    Pen

191.

Mangipatacderac ti adigi madomadoma a corte. 
    (Iloc.) Pluma

I set up a post variously cut (fashioned). 
    Pen

    The pen of this riddle is the old-time quill pen.

192.

Con uyatan naga lacat; con buhi-an naga liguid. 
    (Bis.) Pluma

When held it goes; When let loose it lies down. 
    Pen

193.

Bolong na unas mancancanioas. 
    (Pang.) Catli

Sugarcane leaves moving crisscross. 
    Scissors

194.

Pukeng payat nangangagat. 
    (Tag.) Gunteng

A narrow vagina bites. 
    Scissors

195.

Maysa nga colibangbang tinaoentaoen nga mangan. 
    (Iloc.) Raquem

There is a butterfly which is eating every year. 
    Rice knife

    The small knife used to cut rice.  Its shape suggests that of
    a butterfly.

196.

Diac maquita nacamolagatac; no abbongac maquitac. 
    (Iloc.) Anteojos

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