200 Traditions of the Tinguian 



"No," said the cat, "do not kill me." "Alright, then I take you home 

 to watch my house," said the man. Then he took the cat home, and 

 tied it near the door of his house and went away. When he came 

 back, the cat had become a cock. 



"Now I go to the cock fight at Magsingal," 1 said Dogidog, and he 

 put his rooster under his arm and started for the place. He was cross- 

 ing a river when he met a crocodile. "Where are you going, Dogi- 

 dog?" said the crocodile. "To the cock fight at Magsingal," said the 

 man. "Wait, I go with you," said the crocodile. Then they went. 

 Soon they met a deer. "Where are you going, Dogidog?" said the deer. 

 "To the cock fight at Magsingal," said the man. "Wait, I go with 

 you," said the deer. Then they went again. In the way they met 

 Bunton. 2 "Where are you going?" said it. "To Magsingal to the cock 

 fight," said the man. "Wait, I go with you," said the mound. Then 

 they went again and soon they met a monkey. "Where are you going, 

 Dogidog?" said the monkey. "To the cock fight at Magsingal," said 

 the man. "Wait, I go with you," said the monkey. Then they went 

 until they reached the place where was the fight in Magsingal. 



The crocodile said to Dogidog, "If any man wants to sink in the water, 

 I can beat him." The deer said, " If any man wants to run, I am very 

 fast." Then the earth said, " If any man wants to wrestle, I know very 

 well how to do." The monkey said, "If any man wants to climb, I 

 can go higher." Then they took the rooster to the place of the fighting, 

 and Dogidog had him fight the other rooster. But the rooster had been 

 a cat before, and he seized the other rooster in his claws, as a cat does, 

 and killed it. Then the people brought many roosters and bet much 

 money and the rooster of Dogidog, which was a cat before, killed them 

 all, so there were no more roosters in Magsingal, and Dogidog won much 

 money. 



The people wanted some other sport, so they brought a man who 

 could stay very long under water, and Dogidog had him try with the 

 crocodile. After more than two hours, the man had to come up first. 

 Then the people brought a man who runs very fast, and the deer raced 

 with him, and the man could not beat the deer for he was very fast. 

 Then they brought a very big man, but he could not throw the earth. 

 Last, the people brought a man who climbs very well and the monkey 

 climbed with him, and went much higher than the man. 



Dogidog had very much money and he bought two horses to carry 

 the sacks of silver to his house. When he got near to the town, he tied 



1 A town in Ilocos Sur. 



2 A mound of earth raised by the ants. 



