Samoa, a Hundred Years Ago and Long Before: Together with Notes on the Cults and Customs of Twenty-three Other Islands in the Pacific |
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... round the opening of the first oven , and give the first fish to the god . 3. A dead owl found under a tree in the settle- ment was the signal for all the village to assemble at the place , burn their bodies with firebrands , and beat ...
... round the opening of the first oven , and give the first fish to the god . 3. A dead owl found under a tree in the settle- ment was the signal for all the village to assemble at the place , burn their bodies with firebrands , and beat ...
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... round now and then on its back that was a veto on fighting . Faamalu was also seen in a cloud or shade . If a cloud preceded them in going to battle they advanced courageously ; if , however , the clouds . were all behind they were ...
... round now and then on its back that was a veto on fighting . Faamalu was also seen in a cloud or shade . If a cloud preceded them in going to battle they advanced courageously ; if , however , the clouds . were all behind they were ...
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... round the waist . After the battle in which she conquered , she ordered cocoa - nut leaflets to be tied round the trees , marking them out as hers , and defying the enemy or any one else to touch them . To this day a strip of cocoa ...
... round the waist . After the battle in which she conquered , she ordered cocoa - nut leaflets to be tied round the trees , marking them out as hers , and defying the enemy or any one else to touch them . To this day a strip of cocoa ...
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... round leaf cap . Pava was seen in the rain- bow . If it was clear and reflected down on the village , that was a good omen ; but if it appeared far inland , the sign was bad , and a veto on any fighting for that day at least . Another ...
... round leaf cap . Pava was seen in the rain- bow . If it was clear and reflected down on the village , that was a good omen ; but if it appeared far inland , the sign was bad , and a veto on any fighting for that day at least . Another ...
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... round of the village . The family who had a great display of good things was praised ; but the stingy , stinted offerers were cursed . After all had prayed and partaken for the day , nothing was kept for another meal . Whatever was over ...
... round of the village . The family who had a great display of good things was praised ; but the stingy , stinted offerers were cursed . After all had prayed and partaken for the day , nothing was kept for another meal . Whatever was over ...
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Ahtiago Aneiteum Apolima banana battle bird body bread-fruit brother buried bush called cannibal canoe chief child club cocoa-nut College cooked Crown 8vo daughter death district earth Edition English engraved Eromanga Falealupo father fcap feast feet fight Fiji fire fish fought fowl friends Galela gods heads of families heavens hence HISTORY Illustrations incarnate island JEENS killed king laid land Langi leaf Lima lived LL.D Mafuie Malietoa Manono Manu'a Maps married Mata mats Menado moon Moreton Bay Moso Mysot native cloth Nengone Niua Niue offerings oven party pigs plantations POLYNESIAN Portrait prayed prayer priest principal Professor Pulotu rocks Rotuma round sacred Samoan Saparua Savaii shell Siati sick spear stones story supposed Talanga Tama Tama iti Tangaloa taro temple Tidore Tinilau Tokelau told Tonga took tree Tutuila Upolu Vaté village wife woman women worshipped yams
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