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....from Efrenmark 39

 A nother fascinating story I can actually relate to, circumcision by the Angalakan river and chewed up guava leaves as antiseptic/antibiotics. Picked on severals, laki Teryong telek, Juan dumorulot due-to-epilepsy, out of ignorance. Grandma's ritual, sprinkling vinegar on every corner of the house right before a big storm, 'am a little confused on this, but didn't get a chance and/or bother to asked.
Father M___lly the six million dollar priest. Ricky you actually covered every inch of those events.......Kudos and many thanks for posting... the unforgettable....

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Small towns have so many superstitions and beliefs: all are stupid sounding if not funny.Examples...

**Two siblings are not allowed to get married in the same year..Why?..One couple will have a good life, the other will suffer a miserable one..

**Wearing a red dress or shirt on a stormy day will attract the lightning bolt..

**Do not open an umbrella inside a house, esp. the living room..Centipedes will fall off from the ceiling...

**If you pass by an anthill ( believed by some to be the dwelling of a KA-IB-BA-AN )  and you do not say "Bari-bari", the hill dweller  will put rashes and sores all over your body..

**When you hold a party, leave a small plate of your party food in a corner of your house ( for the unseen spirits in there )..

**Before you start eating food ( especially in out door picnics ), toss a pinch of salt over your shoulder...

**When dogs give a blood-curdling howl, they are seeing ghosts. Especially when they do it during midnights..

**The souls of dead people always come back to their houses on the third day after they were buried..

Anything else to add?

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Rain had a fine time yesterday (?) pm with GF..She's surprised at the kindness of some people  she met in the DC..Of course, some of the pervs and kooks abound in the net also  and we have to be cautious too...But a phone call would tell what's the character of the person on the other end of the line..I guess she will meet more DC friends in Cali when she flies there in a few days...Must be nice to travel solo..!

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