RIDDLES

A QUESTION OR STATEMENT
INTENTIONALLY PHRASED SO AS TO
REQUIRE INGENUITY IN ASCERTAINING
ITS ANSWER OR MEANING, TYPICALLY
PRESENTED AS A GAME
 EXAMPLE OF
ILOKANO RIDDLES
1.Ania ti uppat ti sacana dudua ti tugot na?
Ans:Pasagad

(What has four feet but only two foot-prints?)

Ans: (Rice-sled)

2.Ania iti pinarsua iti Dios a balin suec a maturog?

Ans: Panniqui

(What thing made by God sleeps with its head

down?)
Answer: (Bat)
3.Ania ti pinarsua ni Apo Dios nga ipagnana ti bocotna?
Ans: (Baloto)

(What creature made by the Lord God walks on its back?)

Ans: (Boat)

4.No magnaac iti nasipnget aoan caduac quet no magnaac iti

nalaoag adda caduac.
Ans: (Aninioan)

(If I walk in the dark I have no companion; if I walk in the

light I have one.
Ans: (Shadow)
5.Magmagna itugtogotnat balayna.
Ans:Pag-ong
(Walking and walking and carrying his own
house.)
Ans: (Turtle)
6.Adda pitu a botonisco; maymaysat pinat
pategco.
Ans: Domingo
( I have sevenbuttons; I like one best.)
Ans: (Sunday)
7.Dua ti taquiagna, maysat sacana, adda olo
aoan matana.
Ans:Cruz
(Two arms, one leg and a head, but no eyes.)
Ans:(Cross)
8.Aniat cala-adan ti bomaro atao?
Ans:Ti quinasuquer
(What is the worst disfigurement for a young
man?)
Ans: (Disobedience)