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RIDDLES
AND
PROVERBS
ACTIVITY : GUESS MY RIDDLE
Sa gabi ito ay dahon
Sa araw ito ay bumbon.
Answer: BANIG
When you commit mistakes, what do
you usually hear from your folks?
As a precaution, you are always reminded using
pithy sayings.
What do you call these pithy sayings?
Our ancestors, being really smart, have lines
tailor fitted to every occasion.
PITHY SAYINGS = PROVERBS
(SALAWIKAIN)
Situation
In a meeting, the leader
brought up the issue on
tardiness. To caution everyone
that it’s meant to address the
body and not just a particular
person in the group, the leader
resorts to a proverb.
Proverb (Salawikain)
Bato, bato sa langit,
tamaan, huwag magalit.
ang
(Pebbles, pebbles in the sky
If one hits you, make no
outcry.)
ACTIVITY : TEACH ME THROUGH A
PROVERB
Count off from 1-5 and form groups
according to your numbers. As a group,
dramatize the situations that follow.
End the 3-minute presentation with a
proverb or salawikain to highlight the
moral or lesson in the following
situations:
Situation
A former fish vendor who won a lotto
jackpot doesn’t like to visit the flea market
anymore because, according to him, the
place stinks.
A child complains every day of a meager
school allowance.
A notorious liar gets caught again telling
lies accidentally spilling out the truth from
his own mouth.
A young couple quarreled over lack of viand
on a dinner table and decided to part ways.
Proverb
Ang hindi marunong lumingon sa
pinanggalingan ay masahol pa sa
malansang isda. – Jose P. Rizal
Pag ang kumot ay
matutong mamaluktot.
maliit,
Ang isda ay nahuhuli sa sariling
bibig.
Ang pag-aasawa ay hindi parang
mainit na kanin na kapag sinubo
at napaso ay iluluwa.
Overjoyed by the profit gained overnight
from a small business, the businessman sold Ang magkamal ng lahat,
all his properties to use as business capital, malimit ay nauuwi sa salat.
but the market plummeted consistently two
weeks after.
The use of proverbs in some situations
does not mean you are antiquated. It only
means you subscribe to the old wisdom
that is still relevant in the present time. It
is like drinking aged wine and eating fresh
grapes. Both are healthful to the body.