days after
the death of an adult, or three days after the death of a child.

[97] Silong, the ground floor of a Filipino house. Usually it has
only a dirt floor, and is not finished off.

[98] The narrator has probably made the original episode a little
more delicate here. There are inconsistencies in the present form
of the story: a lizard would feel cold, not hot; besides, it would
hardly remain clinging to Juan's coat as he rushed through the
forest. Clearly, something other than a lizard fell on Juan.

[99] Tuntung is the earthen cover of an earthen pot. The verb derived
from it, tuntungan, has two meanings: one is "to cover something,"
the other is: to step on or over something." Hence Juan's mistake.

[100] Unfortunately this work is inaccessible at present, and I
am unable to indicate definitely its episodes. It contains nothing
unique, however.

[101] Mangla, big land-crabs.

[102] Cagang, small land-crabs.

[103] Bataktak, non-edible frogs.

[104] Hu-man, land-snails.

[105] Aninipot, fireflies.

[106] Lamoc, mosquitoes.

[107] Camanchile, Pithecolobium dulce Benth. (Leguminosae), a native
of tropical America; introduced into the Philippines by the Spaniards
probably in the first century of Spanish occupation; now thoroughly
naturalized and widely distributed in the Archipelago.

[108] Bathala, the Supreme Being of the ancient Tagalogs.

[109] This and the serial numbers following refer to corresponding
numbers of tales.

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