Old time Hawaiians and their work . PUUNDING Pol on a long wooden poi board with a stone pounder andmixed with water. This was called paiai, and could bekept for some time. Poi was made from this paiai bymixing it with more water and leaxing it to ferment. Pounding poi was hard work and was always doneby the men. Often two men worked at one board, andsang or joked as they worked. 42 OLD-TIME HAWAIIANS AND THEIR WORK Besides being necessary for cooking, fire was also usedto give light and to dry out the house during the rainyseason. Lamps were lava cups filled with oil and had tapawicks. Candle
Old time Hawaiians and their work . PUUNDING Pol on a long wooden poi board with a stone pounder andmixed with water. This was called paiai, and could bekept for some time. Poi was made from this paiai bymixing it with more water and leaxing it to ferment. Pounding poi was hard work and was always doneby the men. Often two men worked at one board, andsang or joked as they worked. 42 OLD-TIME HAWAIIANS AND THEIR WORK Besides being necessary for cooking, fire was also usedto give light and to dry out the house during the rainyseason. Lamps were lava cups filled with oil and had tapawicks. Candles were strings of kukui nuts, ten or twelvenuts being strung upon the midrib of a coconut leaf. Thetop one was lighted first, and burned about three Stone Pestle and Poi Pounders Then the candle would be inverted to set the next nutafire, and the burned nut would be knocked off. Torches were made of four or five candles fastenedtogether in pandanus leaves. In damp weather the fire was built in the center ofthe room upon stones, and the smoke escaped throughthe doorway. REVIEW Tell the story of how Maui learned the secret of making fire. Actout the play in the schoolroom. Explain how fire was made. Find apointed stick of hard wood and a dry hau branch and try to make how quickly the wood becomes heated. \ FIRE AND COOKING 43 Tell how to make an //////, or oven. Make one in the sand pile, usingsmall stones and pieces of leaves and of taro with the sand. How was taro baked? How was luau made?- What wdiS paiai?How was it made into poi ? Play that you are pounding poi. Let twochildren pound together. Can you sing the song about the poi man, ormake up a song that will help you in pounding ? Describe a lamp; a candle. How did
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