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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 (fas.h.i.+oned).
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.
