124 Traditions of the Tinguian 



"I think now that we have paid the marriage price," and Dolonagan 

 said, " No, there is more still to pay." "All right, if we still owe, tell us 

 and we will pay." So Dalonagan called her big pet spider and said, 

 "You, my pet spider, go around the town of Kalasklgan and spin a 

 thread as you go, on which Aponlbolinayen must string golden beads." 



When the spider had put a thread around the town Dalonagan said 

 to Aponlbolinayen, " Now, you put golden beads on the spider's thread 

 which surrounds the town." Aponlbolinayen again commanded the 

 liblibayan, alan, and the other spirits to go and get the golden beads. 

 As soon as they secured the beads they put them on the thread which 

 surrounded the town. Not long after they arrived and they strung the 

 beads on the thread. As soon as they finished, Dalonagan hung on 

 the thread to see if it would break. Dapilisan said, "Ala, you thread 

 of the spider be strong and do not break, or I shall be ashamed." Truly r 

 the thread did not break when Dalonagan hung on it. "Ala, my abal- 

 ayan, is there any other debt?" asked Aponlbolinayen, and Dalonagan 

 said, "No more." When the balaua was over the people who went to 

 attend the Sayang went home, and Aponlbolinayen said to Kanag, 

 "Now, we will take you back to Kadalayapan, and he replied, "No, for 

 I wish to live here." When they could not take him to Kadalayapan, 

 Aponlbolinayen said to Aponltolau, " I am going to stay here with him," 

 but Aponltolau would not let her stay, but took her back. 



(Told by Angtan of Lagangilang). 



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Aponlbolinayen went to the spring. As soon as she arrived there 

 she washed her hair. When she washed her hair she dived into the 

 water, and she did not know that blood from her body was being 

 washed away by the water. 



" I am going to the spring," said the alan, who was Inil-lagen. As 

 soon as she arrived at the river she took her headaxe and scooped up the 

 blood which was carried by the stream and she went back to Dagapan. 

 As soon as she reached her house she put the blood on a big plate which 

 was inherited through nine generations, and she covered it. 



"I am going to the well," said Aponlgawanl of Natpangan. As 

 soon as she arrived she burned rice straw, which had been inherited nine 

 times, and she put it in the pot with water After that she took the 

 water from the jar and put it in the coconut shell and she washed her 

 hair. As soon as she washed her hair she dived in the river, and she 

 washed her arm beads which twinkled in the evening, and she did not 

 know that her blood was flowing and was being carried away by the 

 stream. 



