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177. " Ne'i LELE I LE LIMA, LELE I LE VAE." " Lest it sllOuld 



fly away from the hands and also from the feet." 



178. " Ua MUA LE FEOAI MA TALANOA, A E PATUPATU PEA LE ISU " 



— " He is going about carelessly (with no apparent concern), but 

 his nose is swollen still." 



This means that he is still cherishing revenge. He attends to 

 other matters, but he has not forgotten the blows which caused his 

 nose to swell. 



179. " Ua nono le mala " — " He borrows trouble (or 

 calamity) . ' ' 



Applied to a man who by his bad conduct is surely bringing 

 trouble on himself and others. 



180. " AUA LE TALANOA I MASINA VALE AUA E LE PC LUA SE 



LELEi " — " Don't go about thoughtlessly in the off months because 

 good (times) only last a few days." 



This was an admonition to men to prepare for the future, e.g., 

 to prepare in the months when there is little or no fish for the good 

 months by mending his nets, preparing his fly-fishing hooks, &c. ; 

 to a man whose thatch was bad not to delay getting new thatch 

 before the rainy months set in, <fec., &c. It is often used now by 

 preachers as an admonition to prepare for the future life. 



181. " Fa le taeao e le afiafi " — " To act in the morning 

 as if there would be no evening." 



Applied to a lazy fellow who loafs about the village instead of 

 going to his plantation. 



182. " Ia matua I le 0-0 "— " Let it finish with the 0-0." 

 This is an exhortation addressed to a company of men who are 



talking too much, and are likely to quarrel. A chief, or some 

 one who can speak with authority, will say — " The music of your 

 speeches is great, but let them finish now with the 0-0 " (the 

 shout at the end of certain songs). 



183. " O LE LIMA E paia ai LE MATA " — " It was the (his) hand 

 which struck the eye." 



This is applied to a man who has brought punishment upon 

 himself by his own actions. 



184. " Ia lafoia i le fogava'a tele " — " Let it be thrown on 

 the large deck or hold." 



This is used in many v/ays, (■[)■, by one acting as mediator 

 or peacemaker, who advises the disputants to cast the cause of the 

 quarrel on to the deck of the big canoe, where all things, good and 

 bad, are thrown ; or by a speaker who in publicly rehearsing the 



