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A Little Book of Filipino Riddles

by Frederick Starr

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Nature Elements

230

Bibingca nang hari, hindi mo mahati.

(Tag.) Tubig

The king’s cake, you cannot divide it.

Water

231

No tinagbat, nagpiglat.

(Iloc.) Danom

If you chop it, it heals at once.

Water

232

Ing inda maging anak ya, ing anak maging inda ya.

(Pamp.) Yelo

The mother becomes the daughter and the daughter becomes the mother.

Water, ice

233

Siac nacaquitaac iti siam abilit quet pinaltogac iti lima mano iti natedda?

(Iloc.) Lima

I saw nine birds; I shot five of them; how many were left?

Five

The dead ones: the rest flew away.

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