A Little Book of Filipino Riddles Part 29

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(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, pus.h.i.+ng 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

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.

Gra.s.s-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.

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