A Kampilan blade - from where?

[migueldiaz]

Originally Posted by Spunjer

I remember as a kid, i was told those old singko sentimos (the big ones), were good deterrents for evil spirits. No wonder, since it was made out of copper or brass

interesting, thanks!

i also recently learned from anthropology professors here in the country of one related folk belief. that is, if a baby can't get to sleep at night and cries a lot, the traditional belief is that one should place a knife or scissors (or any other metal) underneath the duyan (cradle) of the baby.

i guess the thinking there is that perhaps the baby is getting bothered by bad spirits. and the metal is supposed to ward away those pesky spirits.

so i told the professors that that explains why i sleep so soundly at night. and that's because i have plenty of them blades even under my bed!