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Say What? Sign Posted on Tree and I Can’t Understand What it Says

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1. Andrew, on April 2, 2012 at 9:51 pm said:

   I thought I recognized somethine from a song! Thanks Heleo!

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2. Heleo Walenoe, on April 2, 2012 at 9:17 pm said:

   Part of it is mnemonic drivel Hā – Wai – ʻĪ = Hawaiʻi [feh]. Part of it is out of the song “Kamaliʻi o ka pō” Wākea is the sky, Papa is the ground. That which is above belongs above, that below belongs below. The last two lines “O ka pono no ia e. E ola kākou e” is inconsistently marked, but roughly means “It is right indeed. Let us all live.” Somebody went through some effort to create a sign that borders on capricious use of Hawaiian.

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3. George Peabody editor Molokai Advertiser-News weekly 1984, on April 2, 2012 at 8:49 pm said:

   Hmmm, have to work on that. But if you want to read the Bill of Rights in Hawaiian and English, go to Molokai Advertiser-News online http://www.molokaiadvertiser-news.com/__Bill%20of%20Rights12-15-11.pdf
   and it is right on the front page and page 2.

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