SEASON (ONTOS)
9)
Comments:
December, January,
(mokan)
(Ceont'd)
February, April, May, June, July
After a breadfruit season, pandanus follows.
(Nagat
BananasS ~ various
- Ailuk)
They alternate seasons.
vhservations
Sposesman
Nagal - Ailuk
all year around
Hemos - Rongelap
all vear - more in rainy season
ALTOWTOOEL
Hemos - Rongelap
November, begins growing,
Nagal ~ Ailuk
December, January, February
*
October through January
Rongelap
Coconut -
January,
December and January ready to eat
February, March, April
iu (flowering coconut)
Nagal - Ailuk
whenever anybody wants to find and eat it
Pumpkin
Spokesman
Nagal - Ailuk
all year
Cement - Ailuk
all year
Sue - Rongelap
all year
1 month for pumpkin to become large
*Bryan Jr., E. H., Life in the Marshall Islands, p.
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31
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129.