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As the time gets closer for my wife and I to the big island we have been sharing more with our family, our plan. My wife's mom is Hawaiian (living in Oregon), and today when we were talking about picking various plants along some of the back roads and transplanting them on our property she was appalled.
Apparently this activity conflicts with some local custom or legend. She wouldn't really go into details so that spurred me to wonder what legends, myths, and customs you all are aware of. I thought it might be fun, and educational to see how many different ones there were and how many you all found to be viable.
The 1 that I most familiar with would be removing sand/rock from the island and resulting bad luck.
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Hapu'u fern is used to imprison evil spirits, who remain trapped until/unless the fern is cut down.
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LOL was just reading how the "myth" peles curse is actually offensive to natives...
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The 1 that I most familiar with would be removing sand/rock from the island and resulting bad luck.
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Yet there are several quarries that send material (lava) to be shipped off-island...
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What about the myth of the Hilo Costco.....
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Originally posted by EightFingers
What about the myth of the Hilo Costco.....
oh ya! cant forget that one.
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"picking various plants along some of the back roads and transplanting them on our property"
What back roads in what state?
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People dump landscape trimmings along back roads, and a certain amount of it roots. Other people transplant the more attractive rooted cuttings to their property. No harm, no foul. I've never heard anyone of any ethnic background express outrage about that one, but I suppose I could be out of that particular outrage loop.
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We blame everything that goes afoul on the menehunes. Busy little buggahs.
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quote:
Originally posted by kalakoa
Hapu'u fern is used to imprison evil spirits, who remain trapped until/unless the fern is cut down.
Hmmm, ive heard this before. Since Hapu'u was considered a food source and eaten in times of need.
