their marriage.  His parents agree to fill the balaua nine times with various kinds of jars.  They do so, but mother of girl raises eyebrows and half of jars vanish and have to be replaced.  Girl’s mother demands that golden beads be strung on a spider web which surrounds the town.  This is done, but web does not break.  Girl’s mother hangs on thread which still holds.  She then agrees to the marriage.  Guests dance and then return home, each carrying some of the jars.

22

While Ligi is bathing in river his headband flies away and alights on the skirt of a maiden who is bathing further down stream.  The girl carries the headband home and soon finds herself pregnant.  The child is born when she has the space between her third and fourth fingers pricked.  With each bath the child grows a span and soon becomes so active that he hinders mother at her work.  She decides to put him with his father during daytime.  Uses magic and causes people of the town to sleep while she places child beside father.  Ligi awakes and finds child and his headband beside him.  Child refuses to answer questions.  Mother secures child at nightfall and repeats acts next day.  Child is hidden, so she fails to get him.  Ligi determines to learn who mother of child is; sends out oiled betel-nuts covered with gold to invite all people to a Sayang.  When summoned, the mother refuses to go until a betel-nut grows on her knee and compels her.  She goes disguised as a Negrito, but is recognized by the child who nurses from her while she is drunk.  Ligi suspects her, and with a knife cuts off her black skin.  Learns she is child’s mother and marries her.  He divorces his wife Aponibolinayen, who marries husband of Gimbagonan.  The latter poisons her rival, but later restores her, when threatened by her husband.

23

A flock of birds offer to cut rice for Ligi.  He agrees, and goes home with a headache.  Birds use magic so that the rice cutters work alone, and the tying bands tie themselves around the bundles.  The birds each take one grain of rice in payment.  They use magic again so that bundles of rice take themselves to the town.  Ligi invites them to a ceremony, and then follows them home.  He sees them remove their feathers and become one girl.  They go back to the celebration, where all chew betel-nut.  Girl’s quid goes to those of her parents, from whom she had been stolen by the spirit Kaboniyan.  The parents of Ligi pay the usual marriage price for the girl.

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When the husband of Dolimaman pricks an itching spot between her third and fourth fingers, a baby boy pops out.  Child who is called Kanag grows each time he is bathed.  While his wife is away the father puts child on a raft and sets it afloat on the river.  Child is rescued by old woman Alokotan, who is making a pool in which sick and dead are restored to health.  Boy plays on nose flute which tells him about his mother, but he does not understand.  Plays on bunkaka with same result.  Mother who is searching her child passes by while he is playing.  Milk from her breasts goes to his mouth, and she recognizes him.  They stay with old woman despite pleading of husband.