Kapampangan Superstitions

Do note that Kapampangan is a Philippine language quite distinct from Tagalog. It is spoken in Pampanga province.

Mga Pamihiin Sa Pampanga

Manese kang pusa atlu kule ban datang ing suerte.
Mag-alaga ng pusa na tatlo ang kulay para magka-suwerte.
Raise a three-colored cat to allow fortune to come.

Ing dalagang babai eya dapat magpasyuk ustung bengi ban kanita eya paglolon duwendi.
Di dapat pumito ang dalaga kung gabi para hindi makursunadahan ng duwende.
A maiden must avoid whistling during the night to refrain from being wooed by dwarfs.

Ali ka mamalis bengi uling lumwal ing grasya.
Huwag magwalis kung gabi para hindi maalis ang suwerte.
Do not sweep the floor at night time because fortune will go out.

Magpasantabi ka nung king masukal dadalan ka uling pota atin aturan ka.
Magpasintabi kung dadaan sa dilim para hindi masaktan ang mga engkanto.
Observe courtesy when passing through thick shades for you might hurt dwelling spirits.

Ing dalagang kakanta kabang maglutu ya, makapakiasawa yang mebalung matua.
Ang dalagang umaawit habang nagluluto ay makapapangasawa ng biyudo.
A maiden who fondly sings while cooking will marry a widower.

Ing babaing mabuktut mengan kambal sagin, mapalyaring ding anak na maging kambal la mu rin.
Ang babaeng kumain ng kambal na saging ay maaaring magkaanak ng kambal rin.
A pregnant woman who has eaten twin banana fruits will possibly bear twin babies too.

E pitutulid pasbul bale ban ing grasya e miwale.
Avoid the house’s doors to face together to avoid the blessings to come out.

Bawal misukub banwa kareng mikapatad makiasawa bang ali la mipanakwil king suerting dapat karela.
It is prohibited among siblings to get marry on the same year so that they will not quarrel over the blessings each one will have.

Nung mag adwa ka lub king kekang pupuntalan, ali naka malalaus bang ing disgrasya a iwasan.
If you are having a second thought about your travel, do not proceed any longer to refrain from any possible accident.

Nung ing menabung kubyertus tinidur ya, ing datang a bisita lalaki ya.
If the dining ware that fell is a fork, a male visitor is coming.

Eka magpasyuk ustung bengi uling ding ubingan dating la kilub bale.
Do not whistle at night, snakes will be attracted inside the house.

Nung datang lang dakal ding tagak matas ing albug a datang misna king katas.
If herons come aplenty, a huge flood will come surely.

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