What animal is it which has its palm upside up but its fingers
upside down? 
    Cocoanut leaves

269.

Payung y Santa Maria amena mabata. 
    (Gad.) Tafal

Saint Mary’s umbrella cannot be wetted. 
    Gabi

    This is the cultivated plant commonly known as taro.  Its great
    leaf sheds water perfectly.

270.

No malipatam maca-alaca; quet no malaguipmo dica maca-ala. 
    (Iloc.) Poriquet=amorsico

If you do not remember, you get; but if you do remember, you do
not get. 
    Grass-burs

271.

Agsabong dina met bonga agsanga isut bongana. 
    (Iloc.) Mais

It produces a flower but it is not its fruit; it produces branches
which are its fruit. 
    Maize

272.

Nag tapis nang nag tapis nacalitao ang bulbolis. 
    (Tag.) Mais

She wore and wore her tapis yet her pubic hair was displayed. 
    Maize

    The green husks are considered the tapis, or wrap about the
    mid-body; the silk appearing from the husk wrapping is the
    pubic hair.

273.

Alo-divino de gracia malayo ang bulaklak sa bunga. 
    (Tag.) Mais

Of all divine gifts it is the only plant whose flower is far from
the fruit. 
    Maize

274.

Tite nang Ingles, puno nang gales. 
    (Tag.) Mais

The Englishman’s ——­ is full of pustules. 
    Maize; ear

275.

Siasino iti pinarsua ni Apo Dios nga umuna nga matay santo agbonga? 
    (Iloc.—­also Pang.) Sarguelas

What thing our Lord God made dies first and then fruits? 
    Plum tree

276.

Uala sa langit, uala sa lupa, ang dahon ay sariwa? 
    (Tag.) Quiapo

It is not in heaven, it is not on earth, its leaves are fresh. 
    Quiapo

    The water-lettuce; it covers the surface of quiet spots in rivers.

277.

Cung hindi lamang si tagabundok si tagalati ay mahuhulog. 
    (Tag.) Iyantok at parvid

But for the one living in the mountain the one living in the swamp
would fall. 
    Nipa and rattan

    The rattan (growing in the mountain) is used to lash on the nipa
    (growing in the swamp) to the house framework.

278.

No colditenca matayea quet no adayoanca mabiagea. 
    (Iloc.) Bainbain

If I touch you you will die; but if I get away from you you will live. 
    Sensitive plant

279.

Adda maysa a cayo idiay toctoc adda bobonco. 
    (Iloc.) Silag

There is a tree up there and I have a well on it. 
    Silag

    A sort of palm, the bud is cut out and a sweet sap secured.

280.

Tagbatec ta sacam:  inomec ta daram. 
    (Iloc.) Unas