From English learner

[myk]

What does the underlined phrase mean?What is the gourds full of food?
South Seas leprechauns who inhabited the limestone caves that dot the island, accepting gourds full of food that the Floresians would set out for them.

[Solarjunkie]

I just means "accepting bowls of food" - gourds are a fruit with a hard shell often used as bowls.