A Little Book of Filipino Riddles Part 23

(Tag.) Cutu

Dark mountain--boneless animal.

Louse

207.

Atimon sa cagulangan ua-ay alipopo-an.

(Bis.) Lusa

Melon of the wilderness without a stem.

Nit

208.

Ating metung a cacanan ing queang pengan marayu ya qung atian.

(Pamp.) Paro

There is a certain thing to eat; its fleshiness is far from its belly.

Shrimp

209.

Ing labuad nang quebaitan yang ena na buring balicad, uling ing hie na carin mipalamang.

(Pamp.) Yamuc

He does not like to return to the land where he was born for there he will meet his fate.

Mosquito

Born of water; he drowns in water.

210.

Aling hayop dito sa mundo, ang inilalakad ay ulo?

(Tag.) Suso

What animal in this world walks with his head?

Snail

211.

Maysa a naparato ti catayna pagsilona.

(Iloc.) Laoalaoa

A joker uses his spittle for a snare.

Spider

212.

Ating palacio mitmu yang cuartu, balang metung a cuartu maqui metung yang curatu.

(Pamp.) Calaba ning tainumu, o panilan.

There is a palace full of rooms, each containing a priest.

Honeycomb

213.

Aroi Dom Pedro, hindi macolabas sa carcel?

(Tag.) Tinik

Oh! Don Pedro, why don't you get out of prison?

Sting

Tinik means either a sting of an insect or the thorn of a plant. It is the sting or thorn which here is considered in prison and exhorted to escape.

Lamp.

214.

Metung a butil a pale kitmu ne ing bale.

(Pamp.) Sumbu

A single grain of rice, filled the whole house.

A lamp

215.

Memala ya ing labak meto ya ing tugak.

(Pamp.) Sumbu

The swamp dried up and the frog died.

An oil lamp

216.