The school I went to when I was a kid had Kupunas come in all the time to teach us about Polynesian cultures and I remember one once telling a story about the Maori and ferns. He said that in old Polynesia when everyone was sailing around, if you landed in New Zealand a group of people would come to greet you and place a fern at your feet. If you picked it up it meant you came in peace and there would be a party, but if you stepped on it you were telling them you came to start a war.
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The school I went to when I was a kid had Kupunas come in all the time to teach us about Polynesian cultures and I remember one once telling a story about the Maori and ferns. He said that in old Polynesia when everyone was sailing around, if you landed in New Zealand a group of people would come to greet you and place a fern at your feet. If you picked it up it meant you came in peace and there would be a party, but if you stepped on it you were telling them you came to start a war.
Step off my fern Sage.
Hah awesome story yo