[12] Copper gongs.
[13] Sharpened bamboo poles which pass through the foramen magnum.
[14] This poison is placed in the food or drink. The use of poisoned darts or arrows seems never to have been known to this people.
[15] A similar custom is found among the Kayan of Borneo. See Hose and McDougall, Pagan Tribes of Borneo, Vol. II, p. 171 (London, 1912).
[16] In this dance a man and a woman enter the circle, each holding a cloth. Keeping time to the music, they approach each other with almost imperceptible movements of feet and toes, and a bending at the knees, meanwhile changing the position of the cloths. This is varied from time to time by a few quick, high steps. For fuller description see article by author in Philippine Journal of Science, Vol. III, No. 4, 1908, p. 208.
[17] The custom was formerly practised by the Ilocano. See Reves, Folklore Filipino, p. 126 (Manila, 1899).
[18] See Philippine Journal of Science, Vol. III, No. 4, 1908, pp. 206, ff.
[19] The Tinguian do not have a classificatory system of relationship terms. The term kasinsiu is applied alike to the children of mother's and father's brothers and sisters.
[20] A sacred dance in which a number of men and women take part. It takes place only at night and is accompanied by the singing of the participants.
[21] The night preceding the greatest day of the Sayang ceremony.