[24] The Tinguian place a tame rooster in an open spot in the forest and surround him with a line to which slip nooses are attached. The crowing of this bird attracts wild ones which come to fight him and are caught in the nooses.
[25] The water buffalo now used as the beast of burden throughout the Philippines.
[26] The ordinary dress of the Tinguian man is a clout and a striped belt, in which he carries his tobacco and small articles. Some of them also possess striped cotton coats, which they wear on special occasions.
[27] See [note 2, p. 12].
[28] See [note 1, p. 13].
[29] This peculiar idea, which frequently appears in Tinguian tales, is also found in Javanese literature. See Bezemer, Volksdichtung aus Indonesien, p. 47 (Haag, 1904).
[30] See [note 3, p. 15].
[31] The powerful deeds of these heroes often resemble the miraculous achievements of biblical and ancient times.
[32] See [note 2, p. 20].
[33] The Tinguian of today do not possess soap, but in its place they use the ashes from rice straw, or not infrequently they soak the bark from a certain tree in the water in which they are to wash their hair.