Kuokoa Home Rula, Volume VI, Number 50, 11 December 1908 — Legend of The Anae-Holo. [ARTICLE]

Legend of The Anae-Holo.

Week l)cforc last, the people of Laie caught a good haul ol thc nuillct known as the nme holo. This is nofethe pond niullei. The home of the "nae-hoh is at Honouliuli, Peart ll.irbor, at a plaee called Ihuopalaai. (Fat-nose). Ihuopalaai, aecording to an old legend, had a fish-god by thc name of Ku-ula (red Ku). He was the care taker or keepei" of the anae Mo (travelling anae), whieh hisfish-god liberralJy supplied him with. He had a sister living with her husband at Laie, Koolauloa. Sometimes during their stay there, no fish to be had; and the Ewa woman said to her husband: " Wherrl was liv;ng with my brother, Ihuopalaai, at Honouliuli, we were never in want of freshjßsh. We always had an a£undant supply of good fat mullet, and our table always loaded with the sweet scented ki leafed amie, well roasted over a fire of coals, buthere,atypur home, dear one, none of this good thing, I find, and we are in great pilikio. We have good poi, but no fish. Now,_my dear husband, listen to what I will tell you; go to Ewa, tp your brother-in-law, Ihuopalaai, and tell him that we are in want of fish, and we must have agood supply of it from him. But, don't bring with you alreadydried fish, for you cannot carry a large bundle of itonyour backfcoming homs. And listen to what your brother-in-law tel!s you Do as he advise3 you," The man arrived at Honouliuli and met Ihuopalaai, his brother in law, He told him his en'and. Ihuopalaai offered him several large bundles of dried and well cured fat fish, but the Koolau man refused totake them. Whereupon, Ihuopalaai told him: "Return to your dear v;ife, take the road on ths Kona sids of the island. Start from here go toPuuloa,t,hen from there to Kumumanu, Kalihi, Kou (that's Honolulu) Kalia, Waikiki, Kaalawai, Waialae, Wailupe, Niu, and so on, and then around Makapuu point to Waimanalo. Keap up until you rexchedhoma. Go alongby the sea shore as near as you ean. But remember, you must not sit, stay, nor sleep on your way home atany plaee, butkeep on going along till you behold the eyes of your wife (ike aku i na maj«i o ka wahine.) Thc Koolau ir|an took his homeward" joumey, and Ihuopalaai asked his god, Kuula, to send the anoe holo for his sistcr, Waile hs was going along ths sea-shore a school of fīsh was following him i'n the sea, within the breakcrs. On his way he became so tired and'wearied, he had to rest and looking towards the sea, he saw a school of fish fiuttering in the waters. He did not know that was his supply. And at everyplacehe rested, he saw people with nets rushing into the sea atid making a good catch. He kept ongoing and resting on the way tili he reached home. He met his wile and told her everything thaf his brother-in3aw had advised him to do on coming home, but no hsh. "M.y jo,urney to Ewa" said he to his dear wife, "was a worthleas one. Here I am without anything, not even the tail neither the eye of a lish. What a tedious and tiresome walk I have made to your worthlcss brother. All for noth;ng." Thenhis wifeasked him: "Din't youseeaschool of fish in the sea following you when you coming home? " "Oh yes," replied the man, "I. think that's the same one whieh you ean see outside thcre in the sea. Lookl there it isj" "Well, that is our supply scnt by your brother-in-law," replied the wite. It is said that afterwards and even to this timethis ti>hjc holo made periodical trom Honouliuli to and rirc rrrs" t commencing sotne dme in Qctober and ending in March or April of eaeh and every year. We had the good fortune to feaston thedelicious (>»<ie holo whieh was sent, free of charge, to U3, from Laie