19, 2 
7. Kot no madatngan ta pa- 
naglaani, nga dubléna ta bolan 
ta ukop, agkakalsdda, daddi ba- 
bai-ye nga mapanda aglaani; 
keet daddi meet lalaki-yé daida 
ta agbetek kan agbénag-ga ag- 
yodong kadad pagei-yé. 
8. Ket no malpas ta laani 
ikuada daddi pagei dangi kandi. 
baang dangi ta sannon mala- 
ngo. Koet no malango di pagei 
nin, ipasakdida kandi alang da- 
nin, 
9. Koet kalpdsan datoe nga 
maappia rugiandan ta agappia 
kadadi an-Annongda nga anna- 
wid. Keoet no oad ta masakit 
kadaida agbalawada oenno ag- 
pal-laanda ta sannon malai- 
ngan di masakit-té oenno paka- 
wanéna nidi nangkaro ddébli 
nangi. 
10. Ket dato Itneg-é nag- 
gagitda met nga aguangeel. 
Nalaéngda meet nga agibaén 
kadaddi anak dangi nga agadal. 
11. Adu pai lameng ta anna- 
wid ta Itneg. Neem adidk mi- 
baga nga lisan ita. 
Scheerer: Texts from Balbalasang-Gindang 
205 
7. And when comes the time 
for harvesting the rice, which 
is the month of December, 
they go to the fields, the wo- 
men in order to cut rice, and 
the men, on their part, they 
bundle and go to and fro carry- 
ing home that rice. 
8. And when the cutting of 
rice is finished they put the 
rice in stacks in order to dry. 
And if the rice is dry they lift 
it up into their granaries, 
9. And after this work they 
begin to make their ceremonies 
which are customary. And if 
there is a sick person among 
them, they have the ceremony 
called ‘“‘balawa” or the lesser 
ceremony called “‘pal-laan,” so 
that thus may get well the sick 
person, or that he may be freed 
from his malady (by the grace 
of him who caused it through 
his evil influence). 
10. And the Itneg are also 
industrious as workers. They 
are likewise intelligent enough 
to send their children to study. 
11. Many more yet are the 
habitual occupations of the It- 
neg. But I cannot relate them 
all now. 
