A Little Book of Filipino Riddles Part 25

(Iloc.) Icamen

If day a tube; if night a flounder.

Sleeping mat=petate

Mirror.

226.

Quitquitaec quet quitaennac; no cataoaac cataoaan nac.

(Iloc.) Espejo

I am looking at it, and it looks at me; if I laugh, it laughs.

Mirror

Musical Instruments.

227.

Guerret nga agpucpuc-cao, agpucpuc-cao a guerret.

(Iloc.) Tambor

_Guerret_ crying, crying _guerret_.

Drum

_Guerret_ is a section cut transversely from a fish. It has somewhat the shape of a drum.

228.

Ania ti pinarsua ni Apo Dios nga iti ngioat na adda ti tian-na maymaysa taequiag na, quen ti ramay na adda ti bocot ti dacolapna, quen naquinruar ti baguisna.

(Iloc.) Guitarra

There is a creature made by Lord G.o.d whose mouth is in his belly; he has one arm and his fingers are in his back; and his intestines are outside.

Guitar

229.

Secal que batal legari que atian, ginulisac yang masican.

(Pamp.) Dibil

I choked him, I sawed him across the belly, he screamed furiously.

Violin

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.