Filipina Soul

Here we go again! Are you ready to guess these riddles?

1. May alaga akong hayop, malaki ang mata kaysa tuhod. (I have a pet whose eyes are larger than its knees)

2. Binasa’t nilapirot, saka isinuot. (It got wet and wrung before it was worn).

3. hindi tao, hindi ibon, bumabalik kung itapon. (Not a human, not a bird, it comes back when it’s thrown)

4. Hinila ko ang tadyang, lumapad ang tiyan. (I pulled on the ribs, and the stomach expanded).

5. Bahay ng Kapre, iisa ang haligi (Home of the boogeyman has only one pillar)

Answers after the cut.

ANSWERS:

1. Tutubi (Dragonfly).

2. sinulid at karayom (thread and needle)

3. Yoyo (also possible answer, boomerang)

4. payong (umbrella)

5. payong (umbrella) #4 and #5 are the same; so you know there are more than one riddles to the same answer.