http://www.itamer.com/sucked-a-kumara/13/ Sarah King's blog and programming examples Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:45:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.itamer.com/sucked-a-kumara/13/#comment-8542 Sarah King Tue, 13 Jun 2006 02:21:11 +0000 http://sarahk.pcpropertymanager.com/blog/?p=13#comment-8542 Thanks Ralph, I didn't know that :) Thanks Ralph, I didn’t know that

]]> http://www.itamer.com/sucked-a-kumara/13/#comment-8541 ralph Tue, 13 Jun 2006 02:13:02 +0000 http://sarahk.pcpropertymanager.com/blog/?p=13#comment-8541 At a Maori funeral (New Zealand) the tupapaku (body of the deceased person) is placed in an open coffin during the tangi (funeral rites). A kumara (Maori sweet potato) was often placed in the mouth of the deceased person to hold their cheeks out so they looked more natural - hence 'sucked a kumara' came to be used colloquially for 'died'... At a Maori funeral (New Zealand) the tupapaku (body of the deceased person) is placed in an open coffin during the tangi (funeral rites). A kumara (Maori sweet potato) was often placed in the mouth of the deceased person to hold their cheeks out so they looked more natural - hence ’sucked a kumara’ came to be used colloquially for ‘died’…

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