[2] Patianac, mischievous birth-spirits that live in the woods and fields, and lead travellers astray at night.
[3] Pagui, the sting-ray, or skate-fish. Its tail is very efficacious against evil spirits and witches, according to native belief.
[4] Tuba. a wine distilled from the coco and other palm trees.
[5] Typhoon (Ar. tūfān), a wind of cyclonic force and extraordinary violence.
[6] Literally, “Give us here in the ceiling some good food.”
[7] Manglalabas, literally, “the one who appears;” i.e., apparition.
[8] Barrio, a small collection of houses forming a kind of suburb to a town.
[9] Mangkukulam, an old woman endowed with the powers of a witch.
Sagacious Marcela.
Narrated by Lorenzo Licup, a Pampangan.