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 * பழைய குருடி கதவை திறவடி.
 * O thou blind old woman, open the door.

 
 * பழையது மீந்த இடம் காணியாட்சி.
 * The place where one gets plenty of cold rice is the right one.

 
 * பள்ளம் இறைத்தவன் பங்கு கொண்டுபோகிறான்.
 * He who irrigated the low ground takes his share of the produce.

 
 * பள்ளம் உள்ள இடத்திலே தண்ணீர் நிற்கும்.
 * Water will stand in a hollow.

 
 * பள்ளிக் கணக்குப் புள்ளிக்கு உதவாது.
 * Accounts learnt at school will not be practically useful.

 
 * பள்ளிக் குப்பத்துக்கு அம்பட்ட வாத்தியார்.
 * A barber school master for a village inhabited by Pallis.

 
 * பள்ளி பாக்குத் தின்றால் பத்து விரலும் சுண்ணாம்பு.
 * If a Palli chews betel, his ten fingers will be smeared with chunam.

 
 * பள்ளிப் பிள்ளை என்றால் செல்வம் குறையுமா ?
 * If you admit that you are a school boy, will your wealth decrease?

</li> <li> <dl> <dt>பள்ளிக்கு வைக்காமற் கொள்ளிக்குக் குறைத்து வைத்தார்.</dt> <dd>My father not only neglected to put me to school, but left me to bear the expenses of the fire brand.</dd> <dd>Under this proverb a general note on funeral rites may not be out of place. The particulars given relate to Hindu families generally, not to brahmans.</dd> <dd>When a person dies, the grief of the females in the family bursts out into loud lamentations. On its being made known by a conch-blower that a death has occurred, the neighbouring females go to the house, add the expression of their sympathy, and all unite in one general wail. Frequently one of the company, the mother, or it may be a professional person, breaks out into an ascription of praise regarding the deceased uttering a sort of elegy in measured cadence. In this case when a climax is reached, all join in a chorus of grief, and some may smite their breasts and tear their hair. In such elegies, which are often </dd> </dl> </li> </ol>