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Limang puno nang niog; isay matayog.
(Tag.) Dalire
Five cocoanut palms; one is higher.
Fingers
53.
Adda lima nga Principes nagcallogongda amin ti pisi.
(Iloc.) Ramay
There are five princes and their hat is one half.
Fingers
The nails are the hats.
54.
Adda maysa nga ealapati nga nagna ti tinga ti ili manocayo cona ti ari no adda mainayon nga pisi justo nga dua polo cami.
(Iloc.) Ramay
There is a dove that walked in the middle of the town. How many are you said the king. If there is a half added we shall be twenty.
Fingers
55.
Ni ni conconana aoan ti matana (Iloc.) Tammodo
Here, here, he says, but has no eyes.
Forefinger
It points here and there, touching the things in question, but it cannot see.
56.
Tata baculud ay ain-mena maita na ut-tunna si catanang-nga.
(Gad.) Quiray
A mountain the summit of which cannot be seen, being very high.
Forehead
57.
Tubo sa punso, ualang buko.
(Tag.) Buhoc
Sugar-cane on clay, with no joints (knots).
Hair
58.
Cahoy nga tambalisa, tapson indi malaya.
(Bis.) Buhoc
A plant which does not fade when cut down.
Hair
59.
Iclog iti calao bolig iti lima.
(Iloc.) Ima
The calao's egg is five-parted.
Hand
The _calao_ is the hornbill; the egg here in question is perhaps his strange head-excrescence.
60.
Isang bayabas peto ang butas.
(Tag.) Ulo
One guava with seven holes.
Head
61.
Isa ca bungsud nga pito ang iya buho.
(Bis.) Olo
A small hill having seven holes.
Head
62.
Sica a tao ti yan ti minuterum.
(Iloc.) Puso
