Note 43 — PREFACE. (continued 4)

Akua.—The name of this day was called after the gods of the farmers, a day in which to kuloa43 the growing plants of the farmer. The day was of a two-fold character, a favorable and an unfavorable day. If potatoes were planted this day they would have, at bearing, a prolific yield, the following being applied by the farmers regarding it: “The potato has a monstrous yield.” If the potato did not yield, the farmer would refer to it as follows: “How unnatural is the unproductiveness of my potato field.”