Glossary

balete tree

=

a type of tree, Ficus indica, often believed to be the home of evil and vengeful spirits.

camisas

=

shirts.

chinela

=

slipper.

cocheros

=

drivers of horse-drawn carriages.

Datto

=

chief.

Guardia Civil

=

Spanish police.

ladrones

=

thieves.

lubi lana

=

coconut oil.

Moro

=

Muslim's from the southern islands of the Philippines.

Negritos

=

Negroid people indigenous in some parts of the Philippines.

nipa

=

palm leaf of which the roofs of cheap houses are made.

sacayan

=

small outrigger boat.

tuba

=

alcoholic drink made from the sap of the coconut tree.

tungud

=

the red bark of a mangrove tree.