The stems of the _alangtin_ are good charms against the spirits of the dead, and are often worn concealed in the hair or hat.
There were two brothers, and one died. The other went to hunt and killed a deer. While he had it over the fire to singe, his dead brother's spirit came to him. [352] Then the man began to cut the meat into small pieces, and as fast as he cut it up, the spirit ate it; and as fast as he ate it, the meat came out of his anus. When the meat was almost all gone, the man became very much afraid and started to run, and the spirit chased him. When he ran where some _alangtin_ grew, the spirit stopped and said, "If you had not gone to the _alangtin_, I would have eaten you also."
One person was dead in a town. They buried him under the house. They did not put _banal_ [353] and a plow iron over the grave. The Ibwa went there and saw there was no _banal_ on the grave, so he was not afraid. He went there and took the dead man. He put one foot of the dead man over each shoulder and let him hang down over his back. A man saw him while he was walking in the street. The man told the people in the town what he had seen. The people did not believe it and went to see the grave. No dead man there, only the clothes and mat.
It is good to put some branches of trees in the ground near your head when you sleep out doors, so the spirits can not spit on you, for if they do, you will die.
One man who had lost his carabao went to the mountains to find; and at night he did not find, so he lay down near the path to sleep. He did not put any branches near his head, and in the night an evil spirit came and wanted to eat him; but when the spirit saw that he had the skin disease, he did not care to eat, so he spit on him. The man got up and went home, but soon he got sick and died.
When Itneg [354] go to hunt or have to sleep anywhere that spirits can get them it is good to use _sobosob_ [355] or _banal_ under them for a mat.
Two men were in the mountains and had no mats to sleep on, so they pulled much _sobosob_ and put it under them. That night the evil spirits came to get them but did not come very near. The men heard them say that they wanted to get them, but that it was bad for them if they got near the _sobosob_, so they left them alone.