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.

I planted a lemon tree in the middle of the sea many sought it only
one found it. 
    Girl

222.

Oalay saquey ya dalayap temmobod puegley na dayat amayamay ya manped
peraod sac sacquey so acagaoat. 
    (Pang.) Panangasasa

There is a lemon-tree growing in the middle of the sea; many people
desire to take it, but cannot; only one person can succeed. 
    Your sister

    To be married.

Mat.

223.

Mig quera cu babo ebus, lalam sasa cu me tudtud. 
    (Pamp.) Dase

I lay down upon the buri, under the nipa I slept. 
    Petate

    The sleeping mat is laid down upon the floor (of buri); the
    roof is of nipa.

224.

Sa gabey dagat sa arao ay bumbong. 
    (Tag.) Baneg

At night it is a sea, in the day it is the bambu carry-tube. 
    Petate

    The petate is the sleeping mat of rushes; in the day-time it is
    rolled up and set away; at night it is unrolled and spread upon the
    floor.  The word sea is often used for any extended or flat surface.

225.

No aldao tubong no rabii dadali. 
    (Iloc.) Icamen

If day a tube; if night a flounder. 
    Sleeping mat=petate

Mirror.

226.

Quitquitaec quet quitaennac; no cataoaac cataoaan nac. 
    (Iloc.) Espejo

I am looking at it, and it looks at me; if I laugh, it laughs. 
    Mirror

Musical Instruments.

227.

Guerret nga agpucpuc-cao, agpucpuc-cao a guerret. 
    (Iloc.) Tambor

Guerret crying, crying guerret
    Drum

    Guerret is a section cut transversely from a fish.  It has
    somewhat the shape of a drum.

228.

Ania ti pinarsua ni Apo Dios nga iti ngioat na adda ti tian-na maymaysa taequiag na, quen ti ramay na adda ti bocot ti dacolapna, quen naquinruar ti baguisna. 
    (Iloc.) Guitarra

There is a creature made by Lord God whose mouth is in his belly; he has one arm and his fingers are in his back; and his intestines are outside. 
    Guitar

229.

Secal que batal legari que atian, ginulisac yang masican. 
    (Pamp.) Dibil

I choked him, I sawed him across the belly, he screamed furiously. 
    Violin

Nature Elements.

230.

Bibingca nang hari, hindi mo mahati. 
    (Tag.) Tubig

The king’s cake, you cannot divide it. 
    Water

231.

No tinagbat, nagpiglat. 
    (Iloc.) Danom

If you chop it, it heals at once. 
    Water

232.

Ing inda maging anak ya, ing anak maging inda ya. 
    (Pamp.) Yelo

The mother becomes the daughter and the daughter becomes the mother. 
    Water, ice

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