[7] It was so long that it dragged.
[8] i.e., it was so small. The idea that roosters produce unusually small eggs is still held. The same conception is found in Javanese folk-lore. Here the “rooster's egg” or its substitute—the Kemiri nut—is placed in the granary to cause an increase in the supply of rice. Bezemer, Volksdichtung aus Indonesien, p. 29, (Haag, 1904).
[9] See [p. 17, note 3], for similar incidents in other Philippine tales, also from Borneo and India.
[10] The illuminating power of beauty receives frequent mention. Similiar references are met with in Malay legends and Indian tales. See Tawney, Kathá Sarit Ságara, p. 121 ff. (Calcutta, 1880.)
[11] The meaning of this passage is not clear.
[12] See [p. 17, note 3].
[13] See [p. 10, note 1].
[15] See [p. 18, note 2], for similar incidents.
[16] This would have been a sign that the child wished to go to its father.