Old time Hawaiians and their work . e thatching was done from the bottom up-wards. Carpenters finished the edges with fern stems. The doorway was low, and had grass carefully braidedaround the opening. The door was of rudely cut Ijoardsfastened to cross boards with wooden pegs. Sometimes the front rafters were extended and fastenedto posts, making a lanai, or porch thatched with the lanai wasseparate from thehouse. The common folkhad houses madejust like those of thealii, or chiefs, onlythey were smaller,fewer, and not sowell finished. Eachfamily had to buildits own house, un-less
Old time Hawaiians and their work . e thatching was done from the bottom up-wards. Carpenters finished the edges with fern stems. The doorway was low, and had grass carefully braidedaround the opening. The door was of rudely cut Ijoardsfastened to cross boards with wooden pegs. Sometimes the front rafters were extended and fastenedto posts, making a lanai, or porch thatched with the lanai wasseparate from thehouse. The common folkhad houses madejust like those of thealii, or chiefs, onlythey were smaller,fewer, and not sowell finished. Eachfamily had to buildits own house, un-less the neighborswere willing to help. In each village was a special car-penter to finish the edges of the roof and the corners;he was paid in advance with presents. It was not long before a grass house had to be re-thatched, and in a hard Kona storm the roof often leaked. Housebuilding needed the favor of the gods, requiringthe services of a priest, for which he recei\ed presents,the people building the house, he making offerings and. CONSTRUCTIXCI A GkASS IIoUSK IN THK MANNIiR OF Old-Time IIawaiians 74 OLD-TIME HAWAIIANS AND THEIR WORK prayers to the gods. Often the priest was the first oneto sleep in a new house; it was then his custom to offerprayers to keep out the evil spirits. REVIEW What kind of houses did the Hawaiians have ? What was their chiefuse ? How did the houses of the common people differ from those ofthe chief ? Who built the house for a common person ? for a chief ? Howwas the work divided ? Make a drawing of the framework and tell from it how the partswere put together. How was the house thatched ? How was the door-way finished ? Describe the door. Tell how the lanai was made. Whattools were used in housebuilding ? How durable was a grass house ?What services did the priest perform ? Make a grass house. Cut cardboard as shown in the diagram andpaste it in the shape of a house. Paste real grass upon it. If you prefer a real grass house, you can make it like the
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