180 Traditions of the Tinguian 



in the grave. 1 One day when he visited a funeral, a man gave Ibwa 

 some of this fat to drink. Since that time he has always been bad and 

 always tries to eat the body of the dead and steals his clothes. He 

 comes to the funeral with another evil spirit Ak6p, who has a large head, 

 long slim arms and legs, but no body. 



Kabonlyan has told us how to keep the evil spirits away, but if we 

 fail to do as he said, they always make trouble. 



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 A man died. He had a wife and married son. They buried him 

 under the house and made bagongon. 2 After that his wife was in the 

 field and was watching their corn. His daughter-in-law was in the 

 house watching her baby. While she was swinging the baby, the dead 

 man said, "Take this saloyot z to Gadgadawan." The girl took it. 

 The spirit said to her, " Let me swing the baby and you cook the saloyot 

 in Gadgadawan." When she cooked it, the spirit ate it, and he asked, 

 "Where is your mother-in-law?" She said, "She is in the field watch- 

 ing the corn." The spirit went there. When he reached there, his 

 wife was afraid of him, but she did not run. He slept there that night 

 with his wife, and he did what he wished with her that night. In the 

 daytime he went away. His wife got big stomach, but had no baby, 

 and died. The spirit did that because the fire for the dead man was not 

 out yet and she had gone from the town before the kanyau 4 was past. 



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One man in Solay 6 said to another, "Tomorrow we meet on the 

 mountain to get wild carabao." The other man agreed, and early the 

 next morning the first man set out on horseback. The second man 

 died that night, but the first man did not know this. When he got to 

 the place agreed, he said "Sh-sh" through his teeth, and the spirit of 

 the dead answered a little way off. The man went towards the answer 

 and signalled again. The spirit again answered, and then the man saw 

 the spirit of the dead, which was very big, was running to catch him. 



1 Compare with account of La GrRONNiERE, Twenty Years in the Philippines, 

 pp. 120 ff; also with Cole, Philippine Journal of Science, Vol. Ill, No. 4, 1908, 

 pp. 210-n. 



2 A ceremony held while the body is still in the house. 



3 A grass which is eaten. 



* Taboo. A fire is kept burning at the grave and at the foot of the house ladder 

 for ten nights following the burial. During this time the members of the family and 

 near relatives must remain close to home. 



6 A barrio of Patok. 



