422 PROCEEDINGS OF SECTION F. 



113. "Poo UA ATOATOA EA TUPE I LE FALA ? "^ — "Are all the 

 discs on the mat ? ' ' 



This is taken from the game of lafoga, which is played with 

 discs cut from coconut shells. Each player had five of these, 

 and the object of each player was to strike the opposite party's 

 shells off the mat, and leave his own on it. The phrase is now 

 used as a polite way of asking if all are present; is no one dead or 

 absent; or rather of stating the fact tliat some are dead or absent. 



The following are from similes and customs, and the explana- 

 tions will necessarily be brief : — 



114. " O E MATUA I LE FoAGA " — " Those wliosc parents are (or 

 is) the grindstone (the stone on which tools were rubbed)." 



This is associated with a story in which some children who were 

 present at a feast, and who had no parents or relatives to represent 

 them, went and stood beside the foaga until they were noticed, and 

 were given some food. The term is now always applied to orphans. 

 The stone in question is between Sagone and Samata. 



115. " Ua tau muamua." — " First in order, or first to be 

 plucked, or to go." 



This is used of old people who should be the first to die. 



116. " Ua ui moto " — " Is plucked unripe." 

 To die when young. 



117. " O LE sama faa Tutuila." — " A sama like that of 

 Tutuila." 



The sama is property given to the wife's family. The " sama 

 faa Tutuila " has three meanings given to it, viz., to stain with 

 turmeric after the Tutuila fashion ; to marry a family connexion ; 

 or to marry after living in concubinage. It also means a man who 

 Jives in his wife's family. 



118. " O LE PAU MAI MO ANA." — " The sweet perfume from the 

 sea," or " The strong one from the sea." 



Pau-mai-moana is the poetic name for the bonito. The Pau 

 tree emits a sweet smell, and it is also the tree from which clubs are 

 made. 



119. "Ua pi'o ma ni'o." — "Crooked; all shapes." 



120. " Ua ita LE mona." — " The mona is angry." 



I do not know what the mona is. It is probably connected' 

 with one of their games. The phrase is used of a man seeking to 

 disprove a charge of being lazy by working very hard. 



121. " Ua lau iloa e pili ma se." — " Every lizard and cricket, 

 knows it." 



