On Menstruation

Onset of Menstruation

When the girls have their first menstruation, the old folks will instruct you take a bath on your first day and refrain from taking a bath until after the end of your first period. You are supposed to wash your stained underwear in lukewarm water and wipe your face with the same underwear to avoid pimples and acnes during you teen years. Afterwards, you should jump from the third steps of a staircase to avoid missing your monthly periods.

Monthly Menstruation

If you are a lass from a barrio, you will be told that you smell bad during your period if you have stepped on animal's dirt. You are suffering from stomach cramps due to eating too much green mangoes. Most likely, the old folks will tell you to drink cerveza negra or beer to hasten your monthly period. Some go to the extent of making you eat ampalaya or bitter gourd To avoid stomach cramps, you are told to refrain from wetting any of your body parts, including your fingertips. The old folks will warn you also that guys will know if you have menstruation because the guys will feel a tingle in their nipples.