CITY OF LUCENA, Quezon, Historical Data of Part 3
PART III
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20. It is bad luck when cooking and the rice gets uncooked.
21. When eating and you bite your tongue, someone is talking about you or back-biting you.
22. It is bad to let a baby bite a comb when teething, for her teeth will easily [get] decayed. To bite eggplants, the teeth will be black. 23. When a dog keeps howling at night, a person will die in the neighborhood.
24. When a black butterfly flies about, death is soon coming to the household.
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Submitted by:
[Sgd.] Natividad Marquez
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In spite of the tremendous progress wrought on the lives of the people of this modern world, there are still many who cling tenaciously to their old folkways. The most common folkways concerning the moon and the stars follow:
1. When the sky on New Year's Eve is starry, it is a sign of a bountiful harvest in the coming year.
2. When a star is seen very near the moon at night, a lady will elope with a gentleman.
3. When a new moon is seen up in the sky facing the sea, it is a sign that rainy days are coming soon. When the new moon faces the mountain, it means a drought.
4. When one sees a shooting star and spontaneously names it the following day, he will receive a kind of good luck within a period of three days.
5. When the new moon assumes a perpendicular position, it foretells of bad luck to mothers in the family way if she is going to deliver within that month. They believe that she will have a very hard labor in the delivery.
When the moon is seen in an oblique position, it signifies good luck for expectant mothers to deliver in the months because she will have no hard labor.
Others are influenced also with strong wind. [The gist of this previous statement is unclear since the sentence is badly phrased.]
1. During inclement weather, when the leaves of the citrus trees are seen turned upside-down, a strong wind is coming soon.
2. During typhoons or storms, when the wind seems to blow down houses, a bolo or knife inserted through the wall in the windward side of the house cuts the wind, [and] thereby saves the house from destruction.
3. Storms will cease when another gale from the leeward side of the house begins to blow.
4. Storms can be stopped or requested through Saint Lorenzo, the God [patron] of winds; and whistling briskly will cause a strong wind.
5. Storms are effected so that sinners may know their follies and atone for them.
Respectfully submitted:
EXPECTACION A. HERNANDEZ.
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Some Beliefs and Common Practices
1. When a woman sings in front of a stove, she will be married to a widower.
2. When a person dreams that his teeth are being pulled, that sign signifies that bad luck or even death of one of the members of the family will soon come.
3. That number 13 is a sign of bad luck.
4. It is not good to cut fingernails on Fridays, for you will have finger ears or "teñgang kuko."
5. It is not good to read or write when the sun is already setting. You will have poor sight.
6. When a cat washes his face facing the door of the house, that means a visitor will come soon.
7. When a person takes a bath when a close relative dies, that person will become sick.
8. When a spoon falls on the floor, that means you will have a female visitor; If a fork, you will have a male.
9. It is not good to leave the house when someone is eating. You will meet an accident.
10. The shower of rice on their wedding is a sign of good luck for the newlyweds.
11. Upli leaves placed under things for sale will insure good sale.
12. When a woman on the family way eats twin banana, she will have a twin.
13. Eating the head of a rooster will make one an early riser.
14. The newly-born baby must be placed in ½ the "takba" in order that it will be good.
15. Eating scorched or burnt rice makes one lazy.
Submitted by:
[Sgd.] (Mrs.) G. Lavarro
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Folkways in the town, myths, beliefs, superstitions,
plants, land, sun, lightning, trees, and stars
I. Plant and Land
For greater yields, it is customary for a farmer to plant bananas after a hearty meal. This will produce big bananas of the best quality. A short planter will grow bananas that will not shoot up to the sky.
Corn and camote planters are stripped of their clothes while planting or else the crops will be poor.
Our place is not excluded in that the widespread practice of suspending pots and bottles from trellises. The old folks explain that these are meant to bring vegetables as big and as many as the bottles and pots hanging.
II. Sun
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PROVERBS
2. Frank dealing insures a long friendship.
3. Wealth dishonestly obtained easily disappears.
4. A wrong deed cannot be concealed.
5. To a man of honor, his word is sacred.
6. The parents' rod makes a child healthy.
7. He who spits at the sky soils his own face.
8. A kind deed is never lost.
9. A tongue is not a bolo, but it wounds deeply.
11. Work well begun is half done.
12. Diligence is the mother of good luck.
13. One today is worth two tomorrow.
14. A small leak will sink a great ship.
15. Half a loaf is better than no bread.
16. A cat in gloves catches no mice.
17. It is hard for an empty sack to stand upright.
18. Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
19. Politeness costs nothing and wins everything.
20. Some temptations come to the industrious, but all temptations attack the idle.
21. A good name is better than riches.
22. One becomes fond of the work that he does well.
23. A small house will hold as much happiness as a palace.
24. The great talkers are the least doers.
25. You never miss the water till the well runs dry.
26. When industry goes out of the door, poverty comes in at the window.
27. God sends every bird its food, but He does not throw it into the nest. 28. By the street of by and by, you will reach the house of never.
29. Gambling is an express trip to poverty.
30. Vessels large may venture more, but little boats should keep the shore.
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32. The inner side of every cloud is bright and sparkling.
33. Perseverance may fail nineteen times, but it will succeed the twentieth time.
34. Patience is the best remedy for trouble.
35. A word to a wise man is enough.
36. You cannot eat your cake and have it, too.
37. The weakest kind of fruit drops earliest to the ground.
38. After a day of cloud and wind and rain, sometimes the setting sun breaks out again.
39. One good turn deserves another.
40. The worst wheel does the most creaking.
41. He who believes in tales has no mind of his own.
42. To every man upon this earth, death cometh soon or late.
43. Little drops of water, little grains of sand, make the mighty ocean and the pleasant land.
44. A good face is a better recommendation.
45. To err is human, to forgive is divine.
46. Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.
47. If at first you don't succeed, try and try again.
48. A rolling stone gathers no moss.
49. If there is a will, there is a way.
50. There is no debt that is not paid.
51. An honest penny is better than a stolen dollar.
52. Health is wealth.
53. Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.
54. Politeness makes a man.
55. He profits most who serves best.
56. Ability is of little account without opportunity.
57. Sudden acquaintance brings repentance.
58. If you wish to reach the highest, begin at the lowest.
59. Blessings never come in pairs; misfortune never comes along.
60. When the cat is away, the mice will play.
61. Spare the rod and spoil the child.
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63. He who will not economize will have to agonize.
64. A friend in need is a friend indeed.
65. One man's meat is another's poison.
66. Never swap horses crossing a stream.
67. He who flirts much selects the worst.
68. He who does not endure and suffer shall receive no pleasure or cheer.
69. My fortune though not I find, to me shall come if 'tis mine.
70. When parasol clothes already you have found, the poor anahaw leaf away you have thrown.
71. Kindness must be paid with kindness, not with money.
72. A santol tree never bears mabolo fruits.
73. If you want to live, act as if you are dead.
74. Though we inherit no property, we shall inherit custom.
75. Do not paddle your boat in two rivers.
76. Although those ahead are repeating, others behind are racing.
77. A bird we have in hand is worth a thousand of those in the air.
78. A person who climbs the tallest pole will suffer the greatest fall.
79. The purity of a woman is like glass which once broken can never be repaired.
80. Where one falls down, there he should get up.
81. He who believes in hearsay lacks good judgement.
82. No matter how wise a monkey is, he can still be deceived.
83. He who handles a rice pot will have grimy hands.
84. There is no use for the hay if the horse is dead already.
85. A most bitter fruit is sweet to the one who likes it.
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Submitted by:
Javellana Teachers
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GAMES
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1. Sipa with rattan ball
10. Time ball2. Horse racing 3. Juego de anillo 4. Palo sebo 5. Juego de prenda 6. Playing cards 7. Juyo 8. Circle tag 9. Hawk and chick 11. San Pedro 12. Three deep 13. Ball relay 14. Hide and seek 15. Cat and mouse |
16. Night and day 17. Running relay 18. Dropping handkerchief 19. Playing step 20. Lassie 21. Dollar-dollar 22. Patintero 23. Jack stone 24. Duck walk 25. Arch ball relay 26. Potato relay 27. Walk and run relay 28. Handkerchief relay 29. Siklot 30. Sintak |
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31. Bending body 32. Jump the spines 33. Indoor baseball 34. Baseball 35. Volleyball 36. Basketball 37. Pussy wants a corner 38. Ping-pong |
39. Barley break 40. Skipping rope 41. Sitio 42. Sungka 43. Whisper to the priest 44. Prisoner 45. Jumping rope 46. Football |
WHISPER TO THE PRIEST
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If he is not the one mentioned, he is allowed to approach. He whispers to the Priest the name of one of the players of Team A.
The game thus continues and the team which has no player left is the loser.
Penalty: Each of the players of the losing team carries one player of the winning team on his back to and fro as many times as is agreed.
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SIPA
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PRISONER
Each player is provided with a large stone called "pamato." An empty can (milk, gasoline, or petroleum can) is placed 6 or 8 meters from the throwing line. A player is chosen as the prisoner guarding the empty can.
The other players stand at the throwing line. They take turns in throwing other "pamato" at the empty can. Everybody
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