A grandmother named Lola Conchita Encabo is well known in Macalelon, Quezon and neighbor places because she can cure those who are being bite by animals, especially by snake.
According to barangay captain Epitacio Ayangco of Olongtao Ibaba, Macalelon, Quezon, he witnessed how a resident being bite by a snake was cured with the help of Lola Conching.
"Nakahulalo na, para nang patay. Pero nung dalhin nga kay Aling Conching at sinipsip niya yung kamandag ay nabuhay po. Kaya parang nagtataka sila na talagang may kapangyarihan o may bisa yung kaniyang panggagamot."
Stories being told that Lola Conching was born on April 1915 in a remote place in Dolores, Eastern Samar, and has a twin which is a white snake, named Wanda.
Lola Conching's daughter named Alicia says, "Pag labas daw na ganun, meron din daw inunan, kulay puti daw nung lumabas yan na ahas, white snake siya. Ipinatatapon daw po yun nung ina. Ay, hindi naman itinapon nung lolo ko at sabi ay alagaan nyo swerte yan."
When Lola Conching was still inside her mother's womb, her mother was so happy everytime she saw a snake.
"Pag nakakita ng maliit na ahas, makahuli, ilalagay sa maliit na garapon, kaya siguro siya nagkaanak ng ahas," says Alicia.
When Alicia was in Grade 5, they went back to Samar and she saw personally the twin snake of her mother.
"May pangil siya, tapos yung dila niya ganiyan, sanga-sanga din. Yung mata niya ay maganda kulay gray kaya kahit tumingin sayo di naman totally matatakot ka talaga. Siya ay nahihipo, mabait siya sa kapwa," Alicia reminisced.
But when a strong typhoon distracted Dolores, Samar, the snake has been washed out, the reason why Wanda had died. Maybe, because of Wanda, Lola Conchita's twin snake, she was being close to snakes.
"Ang alam ko, nung araw, diyan may mga alaga siya sa paligid ng bahay kaya hindi mapasok basta-basta yung bahay niya, hindi manakawan," says the barangay captain.
Up to now, according to Lolo Timoteo Ortal, the second husband of Lola Conching, there were times that they are visited with a snake or more. "Patayin ko [pero] sabi niya, wag... Anak ng kakambal ko, mga apo ko na yan.'"
The story of Lola Conching, maybe true or not, or just a mystery, will remain a big question with no answers.
Source: ABS-CBN
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