My fish in Mariveles has manifold scales.
Pepper
Scales laid upon one another; the seeds of the pepper are flat and stacked against one another.
401.
Mahanghang hindi naman paminta; maputi hindi naman papel; verde hindi naman suha; turang mong bigla.
(Tag.) Rabanos
It is sharp but not pepper; white but not paper; green but not shaddock; guess what that is.
Radish
402.
Ang iloy naga camang ang bata naga pungco.
(Bis.) Calabaza
The mother creeps, and the son sits.
Squash
The mother is the vine; the child is the fruit. The riddle gains point, by suggesting a reversal of the natural conditions.
403.
Ania iti parsua ni Apo Dios nga aoan ti matana aoan ti ngioatna quen aoan ti obetna quet mangan ti ladoc-ladoc?
(Iloc.) Tabungao
What creature of Lord G.o.d has no eyes, no mouth, no a.n.u.s--and eats _ladoc-ladoc_?
A white squash
_Ladoc-ladoc_ is rice flattened in the mortar by the blows of the pounder. The seeds of the _tabungao_ resemble it.
404.
Berdi ya balat, malutu ya laman anti mo ing pacuan.
(Pamp.) Pacuan
Its skin is green and its flesh is like a watermelon.
Watermelon
The riddle is poor, in that it introduces the answer as a term of comparison, in a way to mislead. Similar cases occur in other lands.
405.
Verde ang balat pula ang laman espectorante cung turan.
(Tag.) Pacuan
Green skin, red meat, _espectorante_ they call it.
Watermelon
Vision.
406.
Limocsoac alabasco agco asabi.
(Pang.) Pacanengneng
I jumped further but I did not reach.
To see
Waves.
407.
Naga dalagan nga ua-ay sing ti-il cog naga ngurub nga ua-ay sing baba.
(Bis.) Balod
It runs having no feet and it roars having no mouth.
Waves
Word plays.
408.
Ania iti mainaganan ari ditoy bagui?
(Iloc.) Aripoyot
What king (_ari_) do you name in your body?
_Ari_poyot
This is the great inner muscle of the upper leg.
409.