or word have different meanings. In yet a third class the answer is a
smart Aleck sort of an affair, "How do you take a deer without net,
dogs, spear, or other things for catching?" "Cooked." Most inane
of all, but with plenty of analogues among ourselves, are those
where the answer itself is introduced into the question with the
intention to mislead; "Its skin is green and its flesh is red like
a watermelon." "Watermelon."

Filipino riddles are mostly given out by young people. When several
are gathered together they will question and answer; they are much in
vogue when a young gentleman calls upon his sweetheart; among Tagals
and Pampangans at least the chief occasion for giving _bugtong_ is when
a little group are watching at night beside a corpse. In propounding
a riddle it is not uncommon to challenge attention by repeating as
witty a rhyme, which is quite as often coarse as witty. One Tagal
example runs:


Bugtong co ka Piro!
Turan mo ka Baldo!
Pag hindi mo naturan
Hindi ca nang iwang;
Pag maturan mo
May tae ang puit mo.


I have a bugtong compadre P!
Guess it compadre B!
If you cannot guess it
You have not cleaned yourself;