[10] Ladders are placed on each side of the town gate and are inclined toward one another until they meet at the top. Returning warriors enter the village by climbing up the one and descending the other, never through the gate.
[11] Copper gongs.
[12] Sharpened bamboo poles which pass through the foramen magnum.
[13] 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.
[14] A similar custom is found among the Kayan of Borneo. See Hose and McDougall, Pagan Tribes of Borneo, Vol. II, p. 171 (London, 1912).
[15] 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.
[16] The custom was formerly practised by the Ilocano. See Reyes, Folklore Filipino, p. 126 (Manila, 1899).
[17] See Philippine Journal of Science, Vol. III, No. 4, 1908, pp. 206, ff.
[18] The Tinguian do not have a classificatory system of relationship terms. The term kasinsin is applied alike to the children of mother's and father's brothers and sisters.
[19] 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.