Vegetables.
394
Tite nang ama mo, isinubsob co sa abo.
(Tag.) Camote
Your father's ——— I place in the ashes.
The camote is a sort of sweet potato; it may be baked in the ashes.
395
Nagsabong ti sinan malucong nagbunga uneg ti daga.
(Iloc.) Camote
It produces a flower like a cup; fruit underground.
Camote
396
Sirad mirabilis oalad dalem so sicsic.
(Pang.) Cete
The mirabilis (fish) has his scales inside.
Cete
The cete (“piquante”) is the pepper.
397
Otin nen laquic Duardo batil ya anga ed ngoro.
(Pang.) Palia
My grandfather Eduardo's ——— is covered with pimples.
Cucumber
398
Oquis nan bagasnan.
(Iloc.) Lasona
Its bark is its seed.
Onion
399
Binili ang isang minithi kong bagay at ang hinahangad ay pakina-bangan, pagdating sa amin ang pinangyarihan, nang gagamitin luha koy bumakal.
I bought a thing I wished to use; when I tried to use it my tears fell.
Onion
400
Isda co sa Mariveles sapin-sapin ang caliskis.
(Tag.) Sile
My fish in Mariveles has manifold scales.
Pepper
Scales laid upon one another; the seeds of the pepper are flat and stacked against one another.
401
Mahanghang hindi naman paminta; maputi hindi naman papel; verde hindi naman suha; turang mong bigla.
(Tag.) Rabanos
It is sharp but not pepper; white but not paper; green but not shaddock; guess what that is.
Radish
402
Ang iloy naga camang ang bata naga pungco.
(Bis.) Calabaza
The mother creeps, and the son sits.
Squash
The mother is the vine; the child is the fruit. The riddle gains point, by suggesting Page 128a reversal of the natural conditions.
403
Ania iti parsua ni Apo Dios nga aoan ti matana aoan ti ngioatna quen aoan ti obetna quet mangan ti ladoc-ladoc?
(Iloc.) Tabungao
What creature of Lord God has no eyes, no mouth, no anus—and eats ladoc-ladoc?
A white squash
Ladoc-ladoc is rice flattened in the mortar by the blows of the pounder. The seeds of the tabungao resemble it.
404
Berdi ya balat, malutu ya laman anti mo ing pacuan.
(Pamp.) Pacuan
Its skin is green and its flesh is like a watermelon.
Watermelon
The riddle is poor, in that it introduces the answer as a term of comparison, in a way to mislead. Similar cases occur in other lands.
405
Verde ang balat pula ang laman espectorante cung turan.
(Tag.) Pacuan
Green skin, red meat, espectorante they call it.