The Balili white camotes are bi-tak'-no, a-go-bang'-bang, and la-ung'-an and the red are GIS-GIS'-i and ta-mo'-lo.
"The Bontoc Igorot"
Albert Ernest Jenks
By GIS, Master, cham not sick, but yet chave a disease.
"Gammer Gurton's Needle"
Mr. S. Mr. of Art
Thus, in Preston's 'Cambyses,' 1561, it is so employed; and again in the pre-Shakespearian play of 'King John' the nuns swear by GIS, and the monks, by way of distinction, take their oaths by Saint Withold.
"A Cursory History of Swearing"
Julian Sharman