314.

Humiling ang hari sa canyang alagad nang uala sa kanyat di pa natatangap, ang hiningan naman ay dagling nag-gaoad nang sa boong yatu’y di pa natutuklas. 
    (Tag.) Ang pagbibinyag ni San Juan Bautista cay Cristo.

The King asked from his soldier what he had not, and the soldier
gave him what was not in the world. 
    The Baptism by St. John Baptist of Christ.

315.

Nang mabasag ang bote lalong na paka buti. 
    (Tag.) Mahal na Virgen

The bottle became better when broken. 
    The Virgin Mary

“When Mary was yet unmarried and Christ had not yet been born she was not considered very sacred; we say the bottle was not yet broken.  When she was married to Joseph and Christ was born she became very sacred; so we say that when the bottle was broken the better it became.”

316.

Nang pitasin ang hinog hilas ang siang nahulog. 
    (Tag.) Noong magpapugot si Herodes nang mga bata dahilan sa
    gusto niang mapatay si Cristo.  Napatay ang meroon 1000 bata
    data puat si Cristo hinde napatay.  Sa macatuid napitas nia
    ang hilao at ang hinog ay hindi.  Si Cristo sapagcat puno nang
    carunungan ay ipinalagay na hinog at ang mga bata ay hilao
    sapagcat sila ualapang carunungan.

When he plucked the ripe, the unripe fell. 
    When King Herod wanted to kill Christ, he ordered to kill
    all children; he thought that if all the children in his
    country were killed, Christ could not escape.  But he did
    not know how powerful Christ was.  So the children who knew
    nothing (were unripe) fell and Christ (ripe) because he knows
    everything escaped.

317.

Ipinalit ang guinto sa bibinga. 
    (Tag.) Ito i nauucol sa pagsacop ni Cristo sa ating casalanan
    na hindi cailangan sia mamatay masacop lamang ang ating
    casalanan na siang catulad ng bibinga at ang caniang pagca
    Dios na catulad ang guinto.

Sand is changed to gold. 
    This applies to Christ, when he redeemed our sins.  He did
    not value his life but gave it that we might be saved from
    our sins.  His life is gold because he was full of knowledge;
    he died on account of our sins which are like sand.

Reptiles, etc.

318.

Nang munti ay may buntot nang lumakiy napugot. 
    (Tag.) Palaca

When he was little he had a tail but when he was grown he had none. 
    Frog

319.

Adda maysa nga ubing nga adda idiay danum ngem di met uminom. 
    (Iloc.) Tocak

There is a boy living in the water who does not drink. 
    Frog

320.

Baston ti bacnang saan mo nga maiganan. 
    (Iloc.,—­also Pang.) Uleg

The bacnang’s cane, you cannot hold it. 
    Snake

    Bacnang, a man of wealth.