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 (continuation from previous page) Some interpreters put another construction upon it, making the word, usually translated Saturday, a verb, meaning to spring as water, and render it, bathe in springing, fresh, cool water. In some parts of the country, men bathe on Saturday, while women bathe on Friday or Monday. To bathe on Tuesday is regarded as fatal if repeated again and again. 

 
 * சனி பிடித்ததோ சனியன் பிடித்ததோ?
 * Has Saturn seized, or one possessed by him, seized?

 
 * சனிப் பிணம் தனிப்போகாது.
 * A Saturday corpse goes not alone.
 * To avert evil as far as possible, it is not uncommon, with reference to the prevailing opinion expressed in this proverb, for Hindus to bury a fowl when a death happens on Saturday. A Native friend informed me that he saw a chicken put into the coffin of a deceased Native Christian. I have been informed that on some occasions the fowl is carried alive to the place of incremation or burial, the people scattering various kinds of grain on the way. In this case the fowl is killed near the corpse and its blood is sprinkled upon it.

 
 * சனியனை விலைக்கு வாங்கினதுபோல.
 * Like procuring Saturn at a price.

 
 * சனியன் பிடித்தவளுக்குச் சந்தையிலும் கந்தை அகப்படாது.
 * A woman seized by Saturn will not find a rag even in the market.

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 * சனியன் பிடித்தவளுக்குச் சந்தையிற் போனாலும் புருஷன் அகப்படமாட்டான்.
 * A woman seized by Saturn will not obtain a husband though she may go to the market.

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 * சன்னதம் குலைந்தால் வீறாப்பு எங்கே?
 * If oracular power has failed, whence the ground of exultation?

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