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.

256.

Nang munte ay may tapis, nang lumaki ay bulisles. 
    (Tag.) Caoayan

When young she wore a tapis; when grown she is unclad
    Bambu shoot

    The tapis is the most characteristic part of the woman’s
    dress.  It is a wide band of dark cloth (black or brown) worn over
    the other clothing, around the whole middle part of the body.

257.

Nanganak ang virgen itinapon ang lampen. 
    (Tag.) Sagueng

The virgin gave birth to a child and threw away the blanket. 
    Banana

258.

Nanganak ang asuang sa tuktok nagdaan. 
    (Tag.) Sagueng

An asuang gave birth to a child from the top. 
    Banana

259.

Naguit-log ni cannaoay inocopan ni teg-gaac idi cuan guiaoen ni oac
ti nagtaraquen. 
    (Iloc.) Saba

A stork laid an egg; the crane hatched a lark from it; the crow took
care of the young. 
    Banana

260.

Sancadaoa sangalabba. 
    (Iloc.) Sangcabulig a saba

A seed-bearing stem; one fills a basket. 
    Bunch of bananas

261.

Macagto sa simbahan si Mary, pito o ualo ang iya saya. 
    (Tag.) Puso

Mary is going to church having seven or eight shirts. 
    Banana bud

    The bud is wrapped or folded within a number of bracts.

262.

Adda puso a maysa dagat nag apuanna alupasit naglasatanna. 
    (Iloc.) Puso ti saba

There is a heart that came from the earth and pushed up through
alupasit.
    The heart of the banana

    Alupasit is banana fibre.

263.

Caballo moreno umosoc idiay ngato. 
    (Iloc.) Sabonganay ti saba

The red horse comes out upward. 
    Banana flowers

264.

Isda co sa Sapa-sapa sapin-sapin ang taba. 
    (Tag.) Saha nang saguing

My fish in Sapa-sapa has manifold layers of fat. 
    Stem of banana

    The stem of a banana cut through shows in wrapping layers, not
    unlike fat.

265.

Dasug ca kaka, libutad ya y inda. 
    (Pamp.) Saging ampo ding sui na

Move on my brother, let mother be in the middle. 
    A banana plant and its suckers

    The new ones displace the older ones, pushing them outward.

268.

Ang puno lubi; ang dahon espada; ang bunga bala. 
    (Bis.) Cahoy ngaburi

The trunk cocoanut; the leaves swords; the fruit bullets. 
    Buri palm

267.

Angibitinac na liquen tangtanga yey mamasiquen. 
    (Pang.) Camantilis

I was hung by a potring; the old men looked up at me. 
    Camachili

    The pendent fruit suggests the riddle.

268.

Nano nga sapat nga ang iya palod hayang pero ang iya tudlo culub? 
    (Bis.) Packing sang lubi

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