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Poruaudcr Collection of Hazvaiian Folk-lore. 



some of them: Calabash, a container for food; when cut in half, it is a cover; a 

 long calabash is a hokeo;"' when long, crooked and narrow, olo is the name; when the 

 calabash is diminutive and handle strings are run through it it is a JntUlait. 



On Hawaii the name is different. On Oahu and on Kauai it is also different. 

 If the mouth of the calabash is round and narrow, it is iinia on Hawaii, if'iiwai on 

 Oahu, and onio on Kauai. If the calabash is undersized its name is iili; it is kiln when 

 made into a fish calabash, and when fastened with handle strings the name is liulilaii. 



The best calabashes and water-gourds, with spotted marks, are found on Niihau. 

 That is the untiring land in work of ornamentation.'" Other places have also good 

 products, but not very extensive. In some places the calabashes are thick, as on Kauai, 

 and in some places they are very thin and break easily. All calabashes which have a 

 thick shell, fire may be i)roduced thereon by rubbing as with wood. 



OF THE CORN. 



When planting corn place the seed between the palms of the two hands, then 

 press the fingers as tight as possible without the least opening, then incline the tips of 

 the fingers to the ground letting go of the seed corn. Such will be the most i^roductive 

 plant, the cob being thickly covered with seed, with the ears standing out prominently 

 to the sight. If the fingers are spread out the seeds will be few; if the hand twists 

 when planting, the cob and the rows of the corn will be twisted. 



OF THE PIE MELON. 



It is a large sized and long melon, containing many seeds, the same as the bitter 

 calabash. It has no method of i)lanting. It is good to eat when young, then it is 

 called oliilo palaai. When it is ripe the meat is too watery to eat; it is thick skinned. 

 Some are long and crooked, some are round, some flat, and some tall and straight. 



NAMES OF THE DIFFERENT PLANTS. 



21. leie. 



22. Papapueo. 



23. Nohu. 



24. Lola. 



25. Uwahiapele. 



26. Apuwai. 



27. Ala. 



28. Aa. 



29. Aweuweu. 



30. Manini. 



"Hokco is the long gourd for carrying one's kit ; olo 

 is the smalhiecked gourd used for injection purposes; 

 liuliliiu is the smaller gourds of a household with sus- 

 pending strings instead of a net for suspending articles 

 of food. 



"The ornamented gourds of olden times are so seldom 

 seen now that it may be said to be a lost art. The 

 markings having the appearance of tatuing, were done 

 while the gourd was fresh and green, before the removal 

 of its outer skin, at times even while it was still on the 

 vine. 



