A Little Book of Filipino Riddles - Part 21
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Part 21

You can not span it, you cannot measure it by your outstretched arms, and it is being carried by five.

Needle

186.

Begut nc ing andang tinuki ya ing ubingan.

(Pamp.) Carayum ampong sinulad.

He pulled out a stick and it was followed by a snake.

Needle and thread

187.

Na una ang trozo sa manghihila.

(Tag.,--also Bis., Pang.) Carayom

The log comes first, then the hauling cable.

Needle (and thread)

188.

Tinoduc ni ampalocneng ti obet ni ampatang quen.

(Iloc.) Dagum

The soft one is thrust through the a.n.u.s of the hard one.

Needle and thread

189.

Ania nga abut iti tacopan iti iapadana nga abut?

(Iloc.) Iquet

What hole do you mend with holes?

Net

190.

Magmagnaac mangibatbatiac ti magnaac agbalbalicas.

(Iloc.) Pluma

I am walking leaving tracks where I walk.

Pen

191.

Mangipatacderac ti adigi madomadoma a corte.

(Iloc.) Pluma

I set up a post variously cut (fashioned).

Pen

The pen of this riddle is the old-time quill pen.

192.

Con uyatan naga lacat; con buhi-an naga liguid.

(Bis.) Pluma

When held it goes; When let loose it lies down.

Pen

193.

Bolong na unas mancancanioas.

(Pang.) Catli

Sugarcane leaves moving crisscross.

Scissors

194.

Pukeng payat nangangagat.

(Tag.) Gunteng

A narrow v.a.g.i.n.a bites.

Scissors

195.

Maysa nga colibangbang tinaoentaoen nga mangan.

(Iloc.) Raquem

There is a b.u.t.terfly which is eating every year.

Rice knife

The small knife used to cut rice. Its shape suggests that of a b.u.t.terfly.