194 Foniandcr Collection of Hawaiian Folk-lore. 



In case, ho\ve\er. tlic i^ourd strikes the pole the scorer recites : 



Hene uha,'" 



The edge remains, 



The edge remains ; 



The day is tumultuous. 



The day closes sadly. 



We have five down though. 



After this boasting- language by the scorer, he calls to the scorer of the other 

 side, "Take." The other scorer responds: "Take," (so and so — naming the person) is 

 coming." If the gourd falls short without touching the pole, the exclamation would 

 be: "Being- afraid of the spirits he excreted suddenly."" If the kiln touches the pole 

 the thrower says : "Bring me back my companion, thou desired coconut of VVaimu."^' 

 That is the gourd that fre(|uentlv hits the pole until victoridus. The scorer then says: 

 "There is one more inning and your fruit will be red in the sun." 



OF THE UME. 



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'he lunc. It is an attraction of a man and of a woman. Here is a description of 

 it. A lung piece of wood, four yards long, is adorned with chicken feathers. The wood 

 is called /;(/(/. The nnic is i)erformed after the cessation of the kiln, because the peo- 

 ple are still gathered at the time, no one going away. A different officer is in charge. 

 The man who performs the unic is one who has an agreeable voice for chanting. He 

 takes hold of the piece of wood and goes through the assembly, searching for a comely 

 woman and a comely man. When he has found these in his search, he chants : 



Red is Kalaeloa''' with the dust stirred b_\- the wind, 



Which concentrated at Apuakalamaula.'* 



At sight thereof I thought it [was] Kulelua.'^ 



Kaiolohia"' beckons that we two return. 



My companions wept at Kaana, 



Nearly enamored of the plains of Niniwai. 



They were my companions at the still haunts of the birds. 



The harboring bird of the laukona companions 



Seeing the rod" the sleep objects, 



Mistaking me for a strange man. 



It is I, from top to bottom.^" 



After chanting, the pole is brought in contact with the man and the woman. 

 Subsequently the man and the woman rise and go to a sleeping place. They remain from 

 evening- to daylight. In this entertainment a husband, or a wife, is lost to another. If 

 they love [each other] they join together. In these days it would be marriage. In this 



'"The thighs rejoice. ''Expression of mating in the game without restraint 



"A teasing, exultant expression over an opponent. ^^ jealousy. 

 '■Waima may be a personage, or an object. The ex- '"God or goddess of love, 



pressions throughout are all figurative. "The luni rod in the hand of the clianter. 



"A cape of Puna. '"An assertion of steadfast assurance. 



"A place in Kau. 



