Kelp in my youth

Seaweed would be bought up into the mountains to entertain our people. The trick being to guess what weather mother nature would bring the next day.

If the seaweed dried out, hot weather could be predicted If the seaweed was getting damp or wet it would predict rain or mist come morning.

The early Maori folk knew that it was always damp up in the mountains so the seaweed would never dry out. They would test the younger ones to amuse themselves.

Seaweed kelp was used to carry water great distances similar today of course now we use bottles. Hue (Gourds) or the calabash was another vessel used to carry and store food.