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Running on bones,
I am shaking.

Who or what am I?

Note:

I am visiting the Philippines now, and this is the direct translation of a popular local riddle spoken in Cebuano.

hint:

It is a simple riddle and definitely solvable. The answer is not something scary or obscure. It is a common thing. It is not a living thing. It is manmade.

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  • $\begingroup$ Robias? I doubt that is even a word $\endgroup$
    – Anthony Pham
    Commented Feb 19, 2015 at 23:49
  • $\begingroup$ it is a simple riddle with an English answer. $\endgroup$
    – Michael Rize
    Commented Feb 20, 2015 at 11:30
  • $\begingroup$ is it a wooden bridge? when you run on a wooden bridge it shakes!("bones" are the horizontal pieces of wood) $\endgroup$
    – user9174
    Commented Feb 20, 2015 at 12:27
  • $\begingroup$ If your riddle requires a hint to be uniquely solvable, I'd advise putting the hint into the riddle itself, because as-is, it's obviously a human runner with one of a number of medical disorders causing uncontrollable movement. $\endgroup$
    – singletee
    Commented Feb 27, 2015 at 15:50
  • $\begingroup$ I didn't include the hint into the riddle because it is a local Cebuano riddle among the natives. I did not write this riddle, it is only a direct translation. $\endgroup$
    – Michael Rize
    Commented Mar 2, 2015 at 5:21

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Is it

a train? Train tracks could be considered bone-like and trains do tend to shake

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  • $\begingroup$ That would have been my guess too. $\endgroup$
    – Mashton
    Commented Feb 20, 2015 at 13:33
  • $\begingroup$ You are correct, congrats. +1 $\endgroup$
    – Michael Rize
    Commented Feb 20, 2015 at 14:44
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Interesting. What's the original text in the native tongue?

My guess:

A dog - a dog runs on/after bones, and shakes it's head to get them... hard to explain, more like playing fetch.

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  • $\begingroup$ I updated the riddle with a hint. I do not know the original native text, this is the English translation of it. $\endgroup$
    – Michael Rize
    Commented Feb 20, 2015 at 11:35
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I almost want to say...

Dice, because you shake them to roll, and they are sometimes referred to as bones.

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  • $\begingroup$ Good guess, but I run on bones, I am not bones. $\endgroup$
    – Michael Rize
    Commented Feb 20, 2015 at 7:07
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Could it be:

A couple of maracas. Filled with bones and shaken to produce sounds.

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