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It was so called from the special prayers which were then offered to the gods for rain NOVEMBER Taumafamua was the name of this month, the first of plenty_, that means, fish and other food became plentiful, and then followed what were called the palolo and fly-hook feasts.— Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before
The palolo is a favourite delicacy, and they never fail to fish for it.— Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific
The palolo is mixed with pudding, and said to taste like fish; I am not in a position to pronounce an opinion.— Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific
If the last quarter of the moon is early in October palolo does not come till the last quarter of the November moon.— Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before
In this same place I had occasion to observe an interesting zoological phenomenon, the appearance of the palolo-worm, which occurs almost all over the Pacific once a year, at a certain date after the October full moon.— Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific
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