Traditions of the Tinguian: a Study in Philippine Folk-Lore

by Fay-Cooper Cole

[40] Told by the people of Lumaba, to account for a peculiar knifelike cut in one of the guardian stones outside the village.

[41] Large knife.

[42] Account of the securing of the guardian stones at Lagayan, Abra.

[43] Compare with account of La Gironière, Twenty Years in the Philippines, pp. 120 ff; also with Cole, Philippine Journal of Science, Vol. III, No. 4, 1908, pp. 210–11.

[44] A ceremony held while the body is still in the house.

[45] A grass which is eaten.

[46] Taboo. A fire is kept burning at the grave and at the foot of the house ladder for ten nights following the burial. During this time the members of the family and near relatives must remain close to home.

[47] A barrio of Patok.

[48] A rope lasso.

[49] An evil spirit.