Tagalogs who handed down old sayings
villagers · Philippines · before the 19th century
Proverbs and riddles passed on by word of mouth among the Tagalogs. The makers are unknown. Isabelo de los Reyes, an Ilocano, printed them with Spanish glosses in his book of 1889.
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before the 19th century · A riddle; the answer is a wave. Marigondon is a place name. Given in the old spelling.
The pig of Marigondon comes rolling all the way here.
Baboy sa Marigondon Hangang dito gumugulong.
Isabelo de los Reyes, El Folk-lore Filipino, vol. 1 (1889) · riddles about the sea
before the 19th century · A proverb. De los Reyes explains that it means the more one chatters, the less one knows.
If the sea is shallow, it is noisy.
Kung ang dagat ay mababao Ay maugong.
Isabelo de los Reyes, El Folk-lore Filipino, vol. 1 (1889) · a proverb about the sea
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