Superstitions and Riddles
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Wonder why things are the way they are? Read on
and discover.......
and discover.......
Published way back in July 1933, some of these superstitions can
still be found today in the original form or modified slightly. Tabi
Tabi Po........
still be found today in the original form or modified slightly. Tabi
Tabi Po........
WHY COCKS HAVE COMBS ON THEIR HEADS.
Once upon a time there was a magician named Pablo, who had a son called
Juan. Pablo was very industrious, but Juan was lazy and disobedient. Juan
cared for nothing but fine clothes and his own appearance; he would not
help his father. One day Pablo went into his son's room to find out what he
was doing. There he was, standing before a mirror, and combing his hair.
Pablo was so angry at his son, that he immediately snatched the comb from
his hand. Then he angrily struck the boy's head with the comb, and spoke
these harsh words: "Since you always want to use the comb, let it be on
your head forever! I prefer to have no son at all. I would rather see you
changed into a bird than to remain such a disobedient, worthless boy." The
father struck his son's head so hard, that the comb stuck deep into the skull.
By Pablo's magic power, Juan was immediately changed into a cock, and
the comb on his head was changed into flesh. We can see it to-day on the
heads of all the descendants of Juan.
Narrated by Rosita Nieva, a Tagalog from Boac, Marinduque. She heard
the story from her grandmother.
Once upon a time there was a magician named Pablo, who had a son called
Juan. Pablo was very industrious, but Juan was lazy and disobedient. Juan
cared for nothing but fine clothes and his own appearance; he would not
help his father. One day Pablo went into his son's room to find out what he
was doing. There he was, standing before a mirror, and combing his hair.
Pablo was so angry at his son, that he immediately snatched the comb from
his hand. Then he angrily struck the boy's head with the comb, and spoke
these harsh words: "Since you always want to use the comb, let it be on
your head forever! I prefer to have no son at all. I would rather see you
changed into a bird than to remain such a disobedient, worthless boy." The
father struck his son's head so hard, that the comb stuck deep into the skull.
By Pablo's magic power, Juan was immediately changed into a cock, and
the comb on his head was changed into flesh. We can see it to-day on the
heads of all the descendants of Juan.
Narrated by Rosita Nieva, a Tagalog from Boac, Marinduque. She heard
the story from her grandmother.
| From the book Filipino Popular Tales, Dean Frasher 1921 |