MUNICIPALITY OF MARIKINA, RIZAL, Historical Data of Part 2
PART II
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1949 | The Marikina Junior High School became a complete Secondary School, thus named Marikina High School. |
1952 | (December) Marikina High School war renamed Leodegario Victorino Memorial High School in honor of the late Leodegario Victorino, the first Superintendent from Rizal. |
Refernces:
Old folks from Marikina
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DESTRUCTION OF LIVES, PROPERTIES AND INSTITUTIONS
DURING WORLD WAR II
Schools
1. Marikina Central 2. Marikina Elem. No. 1 3. Marikina Elem. No. 2 4. Home Economics Bldg. |
Estimated Damage ₱1,250.00 9,000.00 36,000.00 6,000.00 |
Amount Allotted ₱750.00 52,400.00 3,500.00 |
5. Shop Building
6. Jesus de la Peña Elem. |
2,000.00 6,000.00 | 20,000.00 |
7. Sto. Niño Bo. School
10. San Roque Bo. School
8. Malanday Bo. School 9. Bayanbayanan Bo. School |
3,000.00 1,300.00 4,000.00 1,500.00 | |
₱70.050.00 | ₱76,650.00 |
General 1. Municipal Bldg. 2. Market Tiendas 3. Market Bldg. No. 1 4. Market Bldg. No. 2 5. Market Bldg. No. 3 6. Market Slaughterhouse 7. Market Toilet |
₱31,366.00 6,500.00 6,708.00 6,733.00 21,315.00 4,050.00 3,400.00 |
₱80,072.00 |
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Reference:
Records of the Municipal Treasurer
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Part II
F O L K W A Y S
Chapter 5
SOME NOTEWORTHY CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS IN
THE SOCIAL AND DOMESTIC LIFE
IN MARIKINA
Birth
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Baptism
Courtship and Marriage
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Death and Burial
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Festivals
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CHAPTER 7
MYSTERIES, LEGENDS, AND SUPERSTITIONS
I. Superstition and Beliefs
1. In planting a banana plant, one should not look up at the plant. If he does, the banana will grow very tall before it bears fruit.
2. One should not point at a budding or fruiting tree or the fruit wouldn't develop.
3. A conceiving woman who develops a strong liking for the fruit of a certain tree will cause the tree to be sterile.
4. A tree will bear many and sweet fruit if a dead pig is buried under the roots.
5. One should not stand and should not be hungry when planting a banana plant, or the fruit will grow tall and slender, and would bear poor fruit.
6. If a firefly appears in the house, it is a sign that there will be a visitor. Two fireflies mean there will be a marriage, provided there is an unmarried young girl in the household. Otherwise, it is just an omen of good luck to the married couple.
7. Once the poison fangs of a snake has been removed, it is safe to handle it.
8. A person with red lives will live to be very old; bloodless lips denote an immoral and treacherous person, a harelip once meant that the possessor was bewitched and harbored an evil spirit.
9. Oysters are poisonous during the months in which the letter "R" does not appear.
10. Throwing an old shoe at a newly-wedded couple will bring power, ownership, and good luck.
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11. The fact that hair crackled [?] was interpreted as a sign that evil entities inhabited a woman's dress.
12. As a magic device, the cross stands unparalleled in the name of symbols and superstitions.
13. More geniuses are born in the month of February than in any other months.
14. Seasonal changes affect the moods of the people.
15. When we see a rainbow, it will rain.
16. A person born during the wet season is a crybaby.
17. The howling of dogs is a sign of death and disaster.
18. Red cloth excites and infuriates a bull.
19. The croaking of frogs brings rain.
20. Breaking a mirror is an omen of seven years of bad luck.
21. Rats always desert a sinking ship as though the rats have a prophetic sense of disaster.
22. Enormous appetite in children is a sign of the presence of tapeworms.
23. The witch has the power to put others under a spell.
24. Tying a string on one's finger helps one to remember something.
25. A person who sleeps with bright moonlight shining directly upon him is likely to become mentally defective.
26. A superstition holds that a woman born with a V-shaped hair will be a young widow if she marries young.
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27. Beard, hair, fingernails, and tonsils grow after death.
28. Killing a pig when the moon is weaning makes the pork shrink in the pan.
29, A black cat crossing one's way means bad luck or disaster.
30. Opening an umbrella at night means centipedes will fall.
31. It is good to plant a coconut tree during a full moon.
32. Thirteen is a very unlucky number.
33. Friday the thirteenth is especially an unlucky day.
34. Cutting nails on days whose names have the letter "R" as Thursday and Friday is not good.
35. It is bad to take a bath during the Holy Week.
36. Pointing at a rainbow will cut the fingers.
37. Do not sweep at night for good luck will be swept with it.
38. Do not put on the table money when persons are eating, for the family will become hard-up.
39. Do not make the floor lining in the same direction as the stairs for there will be successive deaths in the family.
40. Do not sweep in the house where the remains are lying in state so as not to have another death in the family.
41. Open the windows wide early in the morning to let good luck enter through them.
42. Do not catch black butterflies entering the
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house for it is the bearer of news about a dead relative.
43. Doors must not face each other or else they will bring bad luck.
44. A small palm leaf which has been blessed during Palm Sunday, when placed inside a house, will divert lightning and other destructive elements from the house.
45. Transferring residence or occupying a new house must always be done when the moon is getting larger not when it is waning.
46. If the deceased is a mother and has left behind several children, she will either try to take them with her to the other world or haunt them until they fall sick and die also. To offset this horrible possibility, before a grave is covered, the surviving children are passed over the open hole. One relative stands on one side of the grave while another awaits on the other side. The babies and small children are then transferred from one relative to another.
ANG MGA ALAMAT NG MGA NAYON SA MARIKINA
Ang bayan ng Marikina ay nahahati sa walong purok na binubuo ng mga nayon ng Sta. Elena, San Roque, Santo Niño, Bayanbayanan, Kalumpang, Jesus de la Peña, Taryong, Malanday, Balara, at Cruz ng Ligas. Ang alamat o kasaysayan ng mga nasabing nayon ay itong mga sumusunod:
Ang Santa Elena ay nagmula sa ngalan ng Pintakasi. Sa nayong ito ay may isang Krus na itinayo mula nang ito'y itatag, na hanggang ngayon ay
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ay makikita pa rin sa pinagtutulusan.
Ang Santo Niño ay dating nakikilala sa pangalang "Halang" pagka't ang ayos ng nayon ay pahalang sa araw. Nang gawing pintakasi ang Santo Niño ay siya rin itong naging pangalan ng nasabing nayon.
Ang Bayanbayanan ay dahil sa siyang nakasasakop sa mga sitio ng Concepcion, Malanday, Lamuan, Parang, at Mapunco noong araw, na walang iniwan sa isang bayang may mga nayon at sitiong nasasakop.
Ang Kalumpang ay nagmula sa puno ng kahoy na Kalumpang.
Ang Jesus de la Peña ay nagmula sa pangalan ng pintakasing si Jesus. Ang Jesus ay sa pangalan ni Kristo at ang Peña naman ay sa malalaking batong sagana roon. Ang nayong ito ay siyang unang narating ng mga misyonaryong Heswita at doon inilagay ang batong palatandaan ng relihiyong Katolika. Nang malaunan ay pinalitan ang pintakasi at ginawang San Isidro na madalas ay siya ring pangalang itinatawag sa nasabing nayon.
Ang Malanday ay nagmula sa pangyayaring ang nasabing nayon ay may hugis malanday.
Ang nayon ng Kalumpang na binanggit ko na sa mga naunang talata ng kasaysayan ng bayang ito ay nagtatago ng isang alamat.
Ang mga misyonerong Heswita ay nagtangka umanong maparating ang hanggahan ng Marikina hanggang sa sitio ng Santolan. Isang gabi ay sinubok ng mga Heswita ang kanilang galing o anting-anting at pinagalawa ang isang puno ng kahoy na kilala sa tawag ng Kalumpang, nang sila'y tu-
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I. Alamat ng mga Kayumanggi
2. The Big Dipper in the Sky p. 6
3. The Legend of the Ilang-ilang p. 10
4. The Legend of the Firefly, Bat, Mosquito, Turtle, Field, Lizard, and the Light Bug p. 35
5. The Story of the Night Flower p. 38
6. Where Did Marikina Get Its Name? p. 49
7. The Story of the Barana p. 52
8. The Story of the Sampaguita p. 62
9. Why Does the Cock Crow in the Morning? p. 75
II. Junior Red Cross – Sept. 1950
III. Junior Red Cross – Oct. Nov. 1950
IV. Phil. School Life – Aug. 1950
V. Junior Red Cross - March 1952
VI. The Phil. Readers Bk. Five
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