The Legend of Dingle
reproduced by: Municipality of Dingle officials Dingle comes from the word “Dalipe”, the soil found along the banks of the Jalaur River. It was said that a group of young women were once upon a time bathing in the shallow waters of the Jalaur River when Spanish soldier reconnoitering the different places of Iloilo came upon them. The soldiers wanted to know the name of the town they were passing through, but the women could not understand Spanish and they thought soldiers were pointing at the bank where the soil was black and hard clay. They answered,”Dalipe” and the soldiers nodded. But because of the strange ring of the word to their ear and tongue, the soldiers forgot the word “Dalipe” and instead gave the name “Dingle” to the town, the name it bears up to this day.
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