Beliefs in Malolos, Bulacan: Difference between revisions

Claro T. Martin

#On the wedding ceremony in the church, the bride and the groom have each a candle on their fronts. The one whose candle is extinguished first is believed to be the first to die.  

#The soul or spirit of the dead cares beek to the family in the third night of his death to visit the bereaved  

#If the body of the dead is soft (for as is often the case, the body of the dead is stiff,) some one in the family is believed to follow not long afterwards  

#When one dreams that all his teeth fell, one of his relatives is dead.

#The one who sponsors the christening of a child the child will follow the characteristics and traits of his god-father or god-mother.

#When a child is born in midnight, it is believed that the child will be brave -- the time of birth has an influence over the shaping of the child's character.

#In the Christening, when these is only one girl and many boys, this girl will have many admirers and the same with the boy of there are many girls and he is alone.

#The corner-tiendas do not sell needles in the evening because if they do all the rest in the stock will be rusty.

#It is a luck to find anything that is of value on one's way -- if it is money and the one who finds it gambles with it, he is sure to win.

#The "ahas bahay" which is a snake that is always found in the houses (in corners and in the roofs) is a good sign for it is believed that the family in the house will not have economic difficulty.

#That there is a lady in the moon who often shows in the moon and this Lady is Sta. Rosa.

#Far mountain range of mountain has an "encantador" or an "encantadora" as the Mt. Arayat is under the power of an “encantadora” named "Sinukuan".