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(Iloc.) Icamen
If day a tube; if night a flounder.
Sleeping mat=petate
Mirror.
226.
Quitquitaec quet quitaennac; no cataoaac cataoaan nac.
(Iloc.) Espejo
I am looking at it, and it looks at me; if I laugh, it laughs.
Mirror
Musical Instruments.
227.
Guerret nga agpucpuc-cao, agpucpuc-cao a guerret.
(Iloc.) Tambor
_Guerret_ crying, crying _guerret_.
Drum
_Guerret_ is a section cut transversely from a fish. It has somewhat the shape of a drum.
228.
Ania ti pinarsua ni Apo Dios nga iti ngioat na adda ti tian-na maymaysa taequiag na, quen ti ramay na adda ti bocot ti dacolapna, quen naquinruar ti baguisna.
(Iloc.) Guitarra
There is a creature made by Lord G.o.d whose mouth is in his belly; he has one arm and his fingers are in his back; and his intestines are outside.
Guitar
229.
Secal que batal legari que atian, ginulisac yang masican.
(Pamp.) Dibil
I choked him, I sawed him across the belly, he screamed furiously.
Violin
Nature Elements.
230.
Bibingca nang hari, hindi mo mahati.
(Tag.) Tubig
The king's cake, you cannot divide it.
Water
231.
No tinagbat, nagpiglat.
(Iloc.) Danom
If you chop it, it heals at once.
Water
232.
Ing inda maging anak ya, ing anak maging inda ya.
(Pamp.) Yelo
The mother becomes the daughter and the daughter becomes the mother.
Water, ice
233.
Siac nacaquitaac iti siam abilit quet pinaltogac iti lima mano iti natedda?
(Iloc.) Lima
I saw nine birds; I shot five of them; how many were left?
Five
The dead ones: the rest flew away.
