96 Traditions of the Tinguian 



her finger." 1 "What shall we call him?" they said. "We will call him 

 Kanag, for it is the name of the people who live in Kadalayapan." Every 

 time they gave him a bath the baby always grew, for they used magic. 2 

 Not long after the baby became a boy, and he wanted them to get out 

 of the hole. "No, we do not get out, for I am afraid your father is 

 watching us." The little boy got out even though his mother was 

 afraid. 



As soon as the boy got out of the hole he listened to hear where many 

 children were playing. So he walked to where the sounds came from. 

 As soon as he arrived at the place where the boys were swimming 

 Dagolayan saw him. "Who is that boy?" he said to his companions, 

 and the little boy went near to them. "Why, this boy looks like my 

 uncle in Kadalayapan," said Dagolayan to his companions, and he asked 

 him who his father was, and the boy said he was the son of an alan of 

 Matawitawen. Not long after they agreed that they would go to fight. 

 So Kanag agreed with them and they decided on a day and Dagolayan 

 told him that he would go to his home. " If that is what you say, it is 

 all right," said Kanag, and they all went home. As soon as he arrived 

 at the hole by the bolnay tree: "Why, we are cousins," said the other 

 boy to me. And Aponlbolinayen said, "Perhaps it is the boy from 

 Kaodanan." "We agreed to go to fight, day after tomorrow. Make 

 cakes for me to take with me." "No, do not go, for I fear that your 

 father will meet you." "No, I am going. I will plant the lowed vine 

 by the stove, and if it wilts I am dead," 3 he said. 



Not long after Aponlbolinayen went to make cakes for his provisions, 

 and Dagolayan started early in the morning to go to see Kanag, and it 

 seemed as if a thousand men struck their shields. Kanag heard the 

 sound of the shield. "Who are the boys with Dagolayan who go with 

 us to fight?" As soon as Kanag met Dagolayan they went, and they 

 both struck their shields, and Ligi heard them and he was surprised for 

 it sounded like two thousand people. So Ligi thought that Dagolayan 

 had many companions. As soon as they arrived where Ligi was waiting 

 for them, "Where did you get the other boy who is with you?" he said 

 to Dagolayan. He answered that he met him where they were swim- 

 ming, and that they agreed to go to fight together. Ligi wanted to kill 

 him, and he said, " I want to kill." " No, do not kill him," said Dagola- 



1 See p. 18. 



* See p. 30, note 3. 



3 The idea of a plant serving as a life or fidelity token was found in ancient Egypt, 

 in India, and Europe. See Cox, an Introduction to Folk-Lore (London, 1904); 

 Tawney, Katha Sarit Sagara (Calcutta, 1880, Vol. I, p. 86); Parker, Village Folk- 

 Tales of Ceylon. 



