LEGEND OF THE BARANGAYS OF PIDDIG

1.                  CABAROAN

Long, long time ago when the Spaniards were still in Piddig, they made a census in the place to find to find its population. They found out that there are more males than females. So they named it Cabaroan meaning many boys.

2.                  ANAO

When December comes, the entire place is covered with fog which makes the people afraid to walk especially in the morning. Because of this rounded moist, people called it linnaaw, meaning foggy.

3.                  LOING

The people of this barrio were fond of playing violin. Many of them begun to play starting from the lower do. The word Loing derived from the word high and low pitch.

4.                  BIMMANGA
 According to legend, this barangay has been called Bimmanga because it resembles to a clay pot floating on the water.   But when the Spaniards came, the place was called Bayog.  Today, Bayog  is just a sitio of Barangay Bimmanga.

During the Spanish rule, the town officials were very cruel. The laws were very stiff and anyone that violates them are beheaded. The head is then placed on top of bamboo poles erected and the people are called on to witness how they are prosecuted once they don’t comply with the laws.

And since it is in this place where beheading of the town’s law breakers is done, people  know it better as “Bayog” instead of “Bimmanga”. .Bayog is a word meaning raise  since the heads of the criminals are raised in bamboo poles. 

5.                  MANGITAYAG

There was a mass held in this place. When the priest raised the blessed body of Christ, the people were surprised. Whenever the priest raised the blessed body of Christ, the people say “mangitayag” which later became the name of the place.

6.                  TONOTON

This barrio is good and safe to live in. Neighboring barrios want to own a lot from here. Many of them claiming the lot of their grandfather. Later on the people named this place tonoton which was derived from the word agtonton meaning claiming.

7.                  SUCSUQUEN

This barrio is woody and hilly. Most of it is covered with big trees. In this place, the people have enemies from neighboring barrios. Whenever the enemies attack the people hide themselves in the forest. Sucsuquen is derived from the word agsuksuk meaning hide

8.                  TANGAOAN

The Spaniards at that time were going from one place to another looking for a place to live in. On their way they saw a group of boys who were gambling. One of the Spaniards asked the name of the barrio.  Unfortunately the boys cannot understand Spanish language, so they just continued playing.  One of the boys shouted tanga, the other shouted awan.  The Spaniards put the two words together and named the place Tangaoan.

9.                  AB-ABUT

The main occupation of Piddig is basi making. They used to dig holes under their house to keep the jars full of basi. The more jars, the more holes were made. This barrio was named ab-abut because of the holes.

10.              ARUA-AY

It is an expression of the people in this barrio  “aruy” followed by a sigh which is “ay” The words were put together and became the name of this barrio.

11.              LAGANDIT

Years ago, there was a woman carrying a basket made of bamboo. On her way, she met a Spanish soldier who asked her the name of the barrio. Since the woman cannot understand his language she just thought that he was asking her name  and of the basket. The woman said “laga” as she pointed the basket and “Andit” as she pointed herself.  The soldier named the place lagandit.

12.              MAAB-ABACA

Most of the grass that grows in this barrio is bakbaka, a grass that is used for catching mollusks or shells. The word later on changed to maab-abaca which was finally used as the name of this barrio.

13.              LIBNAOAN

A young woman was married to an American. Most of the foods that they eat were vegetables. The American cannot survive with the vegetables only and so they quarreled occasionally. The woman could only say “leave me now” the only words she learned from him every time they quarrel. The people who always hear the word could not understand but kept on babbling “libnaoan” which later on became the name of the place.

14.              CALAMBEG

This place is very calm. The people are very industrious. Most of the trees that grew in this place is labig.  The leaves of the plant is used by farmers for raincoat. Because there’s no name for the place, the people put together the word calm and labig into calambeg and became the name of the place.

15.              MARUAYA

There are many birds in the place and most of which is maya. When the birds are in the fields, the boy shouted maya!  Maya, naruayda!. The people later on coined the word “maruaya” and became the name of the place

16.              GAYAMAT

There were many centipedes in this place which the Itnegs called them gayaman. The people then were looking for a name which is suited for the place. The people were called in a meeting to decide the name of the place. When they begun mentioning names, one man saw the insect and shouted “gayaman!, gayaman!” The people did not find hard to select a name for the place because they adapted the word gayamat from the word gayaman.

17.              DUPITAC

Earlier, the people named their place “napitac” which means muddy.  But later on, they changed the name into “dupitac”

18.              ESTANCIA

Long, long time ago there were two lovers in that place, named Tanto and Tancia. Their relationship did not last long.  For both parents were not in favor. Because Tancia was deeply in love with Tanto. The people mourned for them and to honor the two lovers, the people named the place estancia.

19.              ABUCAY

This barrio has many bucay, a medicinal vine which is used by the mothers to wean their child because of its bitterness. Everybody knows the use of this vine. The taste is pungent. When the mother wants to wean her child, she just put the juice extracted from the vine into the nipple of her breast. After the baby tasted it that will be the time the baby will refuse to such the nipple of her mother. Because there was no name for the place, the people named the place abucay, derived from the vine makabukay.

20.              CALLUZA

There was a Spaniard who lost his way going to the east. On his way, he met an old woman who was very afraid of him. The Spaniard asked the name of the place. Since she cannot understand Spanish she called out her sister Luisa. She shouted: Ca Luisa! Ca Luisa. Then the Spaniard named the place Calluza.

21.              STA. MARIA

The place was named in honor of the Virgin Mary.

22.              BOYBOY

            There was a wedding feast that was held in the barrio. One of the guests is an American. When they finished eating, the American wants to drink, an old woman gave him a boyoboy, a coconut shell used for drinking instead of a glassware. |The American was very surprised. When he arrived in his boarding house, he told his daughter about the boyoboy. Then the girl named the place into boyboy.

23.              SAN ANTONIO

                 It was named in honor of San Antonio. However, the place was created during the term of    Congressman Antonio Raquiza. Raquiza is a native of Piddig and own sizeable tract of rice lands in that place. It was believed that the name of the place is derived from his name since it was him who filed the bill in congress creating the barangay.