A Little Book of Filipino Riddles - Part 41
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Part 41

If I hold your waist you jump and jump.

Pestle

In pounding rice, the great wooden pestle is taken by the middle, which is more slender than the pounding ends.

381.

No magna ni arodoc agparintomeng amin a root.

(Iloc.) Arado

When the creeper pa.s.ses all the gra.s.s kneels.

Plow

382.

Cobbo ni amam quiad ni inam sica nga anacda daramodum ca.

(Iloc.) Arado

The father is bent over, the mother is bent back and the son is bent forward.

Plow

This has reference to the different sticks, or pieces, of which the plow is composed.

383.

Sa palacol nabuhay at sa untog namatay.

(Tag.) Palayoc

Produced by hammering but destroyed by a jar.

Pot

Clay for pottery is prepared by pounding it with a light hammer; it is also beaten into shape in the process of giving it form.

384.

Pegarenco abot pegarenco abot.

(Pang.) Liquen

I turn over completely, I turn over completely.

Pot ring support

385.

Adda abal-balayco a pusipusac a pusipus mabalbal-cut.

(Iloc.) Pudonan

I have a thing, which I twine and twine and it is covered.

Weaving spool

386.

Nano nga sapat nga baba ang naga caon, mata ang nga pamus-on?

(Bis.) Ayagan

What animal is it, which takes its food through its mouth and excretes it through its eyes?

Sieve

387.

Bahay ni Guiring-guiring butas-butas ang sinding.

(Tag.) Bithay

"Guiring-guiring's" house is full of holes.

Sieve

388.

Adda maysa a caballo; tal-lot sacana; no dica sacayan di magna.

(Iloc.) Egad

There is a horse; he has three legs; if you do not ride on him, he never walks.

Copra shredder

389.

Limma ac ed Dagupan dugduaray bacatco.

(Pang.) Sali

I went to Dagupan but I left only two footprints.

Sled

390.

Aniat aramid a duduat tugaona inganat panacaparsuana?

(Iloc.) Pasagad

What work has two seats since its creation?

Sled