Note 28 — CONTENTS. (continued 3)

When Hiiaka heard what they were talking about she said: “Say, do not eat that thing, because it is the body of your mother; the ohelo which are standing up are the bones, and the creeping ohelo is the flesh.” When Waialani heard this she was sad and sorry because she had eaten of the body of her dear mother, so she said to Pele: “I now vow and I tell you that I will never recognize you until I reach the grave.” That is a Hawaiian way of separating in anger, for one to vow not to speak to the other until death; the only way to rectify this is to kill a pig28 and fix the matter up, then could they recognize each other during life. If that is not done then they keep up this enmity until death. This is customary here in Hawaii; it has been the custom from the olden time to the present day.