things I learned while growing up in the province:

1. Apply tip of a cocoleaf pointer with the sticky white sap of a starapple for an instant dragonfly catcher. -from playmates

2.Joining a beauty pageant? Use the same sap as #1 as applicator glue for the false lashes. – from a parlorista

2. Eat many green ipil-ipil seeds… for worm-free stomach. – from my mother

3. Secret to successful bubbles: Add grounded up gumamela flower to a soapy brew. – from pong pagong

4. Stung with bees? Apply sap of amorseko stalk to stung area. (works wonders!) – from lola

5. Ground up some malunggay leaves and apply to wounds and scratches. -from my mother

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