LEARNING STRAND 2 – SCIENTIFIC AND CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS

Name: ___________________________________________ Date: ________________

Below is a list of Filipino’s superstitious beliefs. Identify the one that best matches the descriptions
provided below. Choose from those statements found in the rectangular box. Write your answer on the
blank provided.

a. Don’t go straight home after attending the wake/funeral service.

b. Siblings should not marry the same year.
c. The number of steps on a stair should not be divisible by three.
d. Group of three. The person in the middle/center will die.
e. Sweeping at night sweeps off blessings.
f. Don’t pile the plates on the table.

_________1. Gold (oro), silver (plata), death (mata) – these 3 words are used to count the number of steps

upon construction of a household staircase. The steps should never end in the word mata as it means

death.

_________2. This superstition is called “sukob” and advises against siblings marrying within the same

year as it said to divide the luck between the 2 marriages.

_________3. When taking pictures of 3 denotes bad luck as it means the person in the middle will die.

_________4. The superstition is called “pagpag”(the shaking of dirt). In the context of wake, it means

before heading home and going inside the house, you must shake off the spirit of the deceased in case it

follows you home.

_________5. Make sure that you will not pile the plates during mealtimes because whoever is left eating

at the table will never get married.