182 Traditions op the Tinguian 



all gone, the man became very much afraid and started to run, and the 

 spirit chased him. When he ran where some alangtin grew, the spirit 

 stopped and said, "If you had not gone to the alangtin, I would have 

 eaten you also." 



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One person was dead in a town. They buried him under the house. 

 They did not put banal l and a plow iron over the grave. The Ibwa 

 went there and saw there was no banal on the grave, so he was not 

 afraid. He went there and took the dead man. He put one foot of 

 the dead man over each shoulder and let him hang down over his back. 

 A man saw him while he was walking in the street. The man told the 

 people in the town what he had seen. The people did not believe it 

 and went to see the grave. No dead man there, only the clothes and 

 mat. 



52 



It is good to put some branches of trees in the ground near your 

 head when you sleep out doors, so the spirits can not spit on you, for 

 if they do, you will die. 



One man who had lost his carabao went to the mountains to find; 

 and at night he did not find, so he lay down near the path to sleep. He 

 did not put any branches near his head, and in the night an evil spirit 

 came and wanted to eat him; but when the spirit saw that he had the 

 skin disease, he did not care to eat, so he spit on him. The man got up 

 and went home, but soon he got sick and died. 



53 



When Itneg 2 go to hunt or have to sleep anywhere that spirits can 

 get them it is good to use sobosob 3 or banal 1 under them for a mat. 



Two men were in the mountains and had no mats to sleep on, so 

 they pulled much sobosob and put it under them. That night the 

 evil spirits came to get them but did not come very near. The men 

 heard them say that they wanted to get them, but that it was bad for 

 them if they got near the sobosob, so they left them alone. 



(Sobosob and banal are sometimes put with the plow iron over a new 

 grave as an added protection.) 



1 Smilax vicaria Kunth. 



2 The name by which the Tinguian designate themselves. 



3 Blutnea balsamifera D. C. 



