Continued misfortunes to the members of a household would also be an excuse for the ceremony. In this instance, the only variation from the procedure just given would be in the _diams_. The first to be recited tells how the spirit Maganáwan sent many snakes and birds to the gate of a town to demand the blood of a rooster mixed with rice. The people celebrated _Sangásang_, and sent blood and rice to Maganáwan, who, in turn, spat it out on the ground. As he did so, the sickness and misfortunes of the mortals vanished. The second _diam_ [138] relates a quarrel between the various parts of the house, each insisting on its own importance. At last they recognize their mutual dependence, and the people of the dwelling are again in good health. [139] In Lumaba and nearby villages, unpleasant dreams, or a bad disposition are overcome by a ceremony called _Sangásang_; but, as this varies somewhat from the others, it is given in detail. The medium, who is summoned for this event, calls for oil and a rooster with long spurs. When these are brought, she strokes the fowl with the oil, and chants the following _diam_. "There is a very old woman in the sea, and she says to her spirits, who are Dapeg (a spirit which kills people), Balingenngen (a spirit which causes bad dreams), and Benisalsal (a spirit which throws things and is unpleasant), 'Go beyond the sea and spread your sickness,' The spirits are going. They arrive and begin their work, and if the people do not make _Sangásang_, many will die. Now it is morning, and the spirits are going to the river to see what the people have offered to the old woman, who is Ináwen. If they do not find anything, they will say, 'All the people in this town shall die,' and then they will go on to another place." "Ináwen, who is waiting, sends Kideng (a servant) to search for the spirits, who are killing people, to tell them to return. Dapeg leaves the first town. He goes to another, and the dogs bark so that the people cannot sleep. A man opens the door, to learn the cause of the barking, and he sees a man, fat and tall, with nine heads, and he carries many kinds of cakes. The man says, 'Now take these cakes, and if you do not make _Sangásang_ for my mistress, at the river, you shall die. You must find a rooster with long tail and spurs; you must mix its blood with rice, and put it in the river at dawn when no one can see you,' The man makes _Sangásang_ the next night, and puts the blood, mixed with rice, in a well dug by the river, so that the spirits may take it to their mistress. Kideng also arrives and says, 'you must come with me now, for she awaits you who are bearing this offering.' They go and arrive. Their mistress eats and says, 'I did not think that the blood of people tasted so badly, now I shall not send you again, for you have already killed many people.'"