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Title: Some Folk-Songs and Myths From Samoa

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Publication details: Whitcombe and Tombs Limited, 1891, Wellington

Part of: Tidal Pools: Digitized Texts from Oceania for Samoan and Pacific Studies

This text is the subject of: Victoria University of Wellington Library Catalogue

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Some Folk-Songs and Myths From Samoa

Names of the Samoan Months.1

Names of the Samoan Months.¹

January—Tagaloa-fua.²
February—Fa'alele;³ Ta'afanua;⁶ Nua; Papu.
March—Tulia;⁴ a feast to that god.
April—Le-Unu;⁵ a feast to him.
May—Ta'afanua-⁶tele.
June—Malelega.⁷
July—Sina.⁸
August—Vaenoa.
September—Lau-popo;⁹ a feast to him.
October—Le-Fanoga;¹⁰ a feast to him.
November—Tagaloa-ta'u;¹¹ a feast to him.
December—‘Ite;¹² a feast to him.