Before the Second World War, a native of Batangas came to the place to sell
blankets and mosquito nets. The place was still then named “Tongotong”, which
was one of the barrios of the Municipality of Bangui, Ilocos Norte. He sold his
wares from one house to another and he did not notice that it was already noon
time. He was too tired and hungry, that he sought shelter in one of the houses
nearby and probably to ask the hospitable owner of the house for a simple
lunch. After the pedlar had settled down, the owner of the house asked the
peddler his purpose. The peddler did not at all understand the question, but
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