Random Story To Tell » PHILIPPINE FOLKLORE STORIES http://www.christon.net random scratches, story to tell Mon, 21 Nov 2011 05:22:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Escape of Juanita http://www.christon.net/folk-tales/philippine-folklore-stories/the-escape-of-juanita/ http://www.christon.net/folk-tales/philippine-folklore-stories/the-escape-of-juanita/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 03:07:54 +0000 christon http://www.christon.net/?p=510 Have you heard of the terrible Tic-balan,
A tall and thin and very black man,
With terrible teeth and a horse’s head,
And covered with hair that is long and red?

He lives in the awful Balete tree,
And to pass the place you must say “Tabi”;
If you do not, the Asuang comes at night,
And throws big stones till you die of fright.

Now once there lived in Santa Cruz town
A little girl known as Juanita Calaon;
She was Continue reading

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A tall and thin and very black man,
With terrible teeth and a horse’s head,
And covered with hair that is long and red?

He lives in the awful Balete tree,
And to pass the place you must say “Tabi”;
If you do not, the Asuang comes at night,
And throws big stones till you die of fright.

Now once there lived in Santa Cruz town
A little girl known as Juanita Calaon;
She was Continue reading

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]]> http://www.christon.net/folk-tales/philippine-folklore-stories/the-escape-of-juanita/feed/ 3 QUICOY AND THE ONGLOC http://www.christon.net/folk-tales/philippine-folklore-stories/quicoy-and-the-ongloc/ http://www.christon.net/folk-tales/philippine-folklore-stories/quicoy-and-the-ongloc/#comments Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:49:47 +0000 christon http://www.christon.net/?p=493 This story is known generally in the southern Islands.
The Ongloc is feared by the children just as some little boys and girls fear the Bogy Man. The tale is a favorite one among the children and they believe firmly in the fate of Quicoy.

Little Quicoy’s name was Francisco, but every one called him Quicoy, which, in Visayan, is the pet name for Francisco. He was a good little boy and helped his mother grind the corn and pound the rice in the big wooden bowl, but one night Continue reading

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The Ongloc is feared by the children just as some little boys and girls fear the Bogy Man. The tale is a favorite one among the children and they believe firmly in the fate of Quicoy.

Little Quicoy’s name was Francisco, but every one called him Quicoy, which, in Visayan, is the pet name for Francisco. He was a good little boy and helped his mother grind the corn and pound the rice in the big wooden bowl, but one night Continue reading

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]]> http://www.christon.net/folk-tales/philippine-folklore-stories/quicoy-and-the-ongloc/feed/ 0 When the Lilies Return http://www.christon.net/folk-tales/philippine-folklore-stories/when-the-lilies-return/ http://www.christon.net/folk-tales/philippine-folklore-stories/when-the-lilies-return/#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2010 04:41:08 +0000 christon http://www.christon.net/?p=503 A legend of the Chinese Invasion. Quiapo, even at the time of the
early Spaniards, and for years after, was a deserted field. The story
is an old one and generally known to the Tagallos.

At the time when the Pasig flowed peacefully along between flowery
banks; when its breast was not torn by puffing steamers; and when
only a few clustering huts marked the present site of Manila, there
grew on the banks of the river a beautiful field of lilies.

The Continue reading

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early Spaniards, and for years after, was a deserted field. The story
is an old one and generally known to the Tagallos.

At the time when the Pasig flowed peacefully along between flowery
banks; when its breast was not torn by puffing steamers; and when
only a few clustering huts marked the present site of Manila, there
grew on the banks of the river a beautiful field of lilies.

The Continue reading

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]]> http://www.christon.net/folk-tales/philippine-folklore-stories/when-the-lilies-return/feed/ 3 THE PERICOS http://www.christon.net/folk-tales/philippine-folklore-stories/the-pericos/ http://www.christon.net/folk-tales/philippine-folklore-stories/the-pericos/#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:46:32 +0000 christon http://www.christon.net/?p=490 Throughout the Visayan islands almost every family owns a pericos,
kept as American children keep canary birds. The pericos is about
the size and color of a Crow, but has a hard white hood that entirely
covers its head. The people teach it but one phrase, which it repeats
continually, parrot fashion. The words are, “Comusta pari? Pericos
tao.” (How are you, father? Parrot-man.) “Pari” means padre or
priest. The people address the Continue reading

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kept as American children keep canary birds. The pericos is about
the size and color of a Crow, but has a hard white hood that entirely
covers its head. The people teach it but one phrase, which it repeats
continually, parrot fashion. The words are, “Comusta pari? Pericos
tao.” (How are you, father? Parrot-man.) “Pari” means padre or
priest. The people address the Continue reading

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]]> http://www.christon.net/folk-tales/philippine-folklore-stories/the-pericos/feed/ 21 The Passing of Loku http://www.christon.net/folk-tales/philippine-folklore-stories/the-passing-of-loku/ http://www.christon.net/folk-tales/philippine-folklore-stories/the-passing-of-loku/#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 01:35:59 +0000 christon http://www.christon.net/?p=497 The tale of Loku is applied to a large, ugly lizard which climbs to the rafters of houses and gives the peculiar cry that suggests its name. This lizard, although hideous, is harmless; it lives on centipedes. Its strange cry may be heard everywhere in the Philippine Islands.

Hundreds of years ago a very wicked king named Loku ruled the
Philippines. He was cruel and unjust, and condemned to death all who
refused to do his bidding. He had vast armies and made war on all until Continue reading

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Hundreds of years ago a very wicked king named Loku ruled the
Philippines. He was cruel and unjust, and condemned to death all who
refused to do his bidding. He had vast armies and made war on all until Continue reading

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]]> http://www.christon.net/folk-tales/philippine-folklore-stories/the-passing-of-loku/feed/ 0 THE TOBACCO OF HARISABOQUED http://www.christon.net/folk-tales/philippine-folklore-stories/the-tobacco-of-harisaboqued/ http://www.christon.net/folk-tales/philippine-folklore-stories/the-tobacco-of-harisaboqued/#comments Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:32:23 +0000 christon http://www.christon.net/?p=486 A legend of the volcano of Canlaon on the island of Negros. It is told generally in Western Negros and Eastern Cebu. The volcano is still active, and smoke and steam rise from its crater.

And before the strange men came over the water from Spain, there lived in Negros, on the mountain of Canlaon, an old man who had great power over all the things in the earth. He was called Harisaboqued, King of the Mountain.

When he wished anything done he had but to tap the ground three times Continue reading

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And before the strange men came over the water from Spain, there lived in Negros, on the mountain of Canlaon, an old man who had great power over all the things in the earth. He was called Harisaboqued, King of the Mountain.

When he wished anything done he had but to tap the ground three times Continue reading

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