A Little Book of Filipino Riddles Part 34

Give if you have none; if you have don't give.

When the Pharisees caught a woman in adultery, they took her before Christ. They said, "what sentence do you give to those taken in adultery, since in the law of Moses it is commanded that the woman taken in adultery shall be stoned until she die." Christ answered, "Let him which is without sin among you cast the first stone."

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.

321.

No nacariing nacamulagat; no nacaturog nacamuldagat.

(Iloc.) Uleg

If awake, his eyes wide open; if asleep, his eyes wide open.

Snake

322.

Anano nga sapat nga con maglacat, dala nia ang iya balay?

(Bis.,--also Pang.) Ba-o

What animal carries his house wherever he goes?

Turtle

323.

Tata a tolay icacangcalinna na balena.