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பழமொழி.
  1. ஊருக்கு இளைத்தவன் பிள்ளையார் கோவில் ஆண்டி
    He who was too feeble for the service of the community became a devotee in the temple of Genèsha.
    In Sanskrit a similar proverb exists; “The dancing girl being old has become a devotee.” It is a case not of breaking away from sinful habits, but the power of sinning is gone.

  2. ஊருடன் பகைக்கில் வேருடன் கெடும்.
    If one is hated by the whole community he will be rooted out.

  3. ஊரெங்கும் பேர் வீடு பட்டினி.
    Fame throughout the country, at home starvation.

  4. ஊரெல்லாம் வாழ்கிறதென்று வீடெல்லாம் புரண்டு அழுதால் வருமா?
    Can you gain anything by wallowing and weeping because the village is prosperous?

  5. ஊரெல்லாம் சுற்றி எனக்கு என்ன புத்தி என்கிறான்.
    Having wandered all over the country he says, what advice do you give.

  6. ஊரெல்லாம் உற்றார் அந்திபட்டால் பொதி சந்தியிலே.
    He has friends in every part of the village, yet his bundle is left in the public road after sun-set.

  7. ஊரென்று இருந்தால் பறைச்சேரியும் இருக்கும்.
    Wherever there is a village there is a Parachéri.
    A Parachery is a hamlet of Pariahs—non caste Natives. Pariahs are employed in the lowest offices, as beaters of the tomtom or Native drum on festive and mournful occasions. They are employed to publish proclamations &c, as a bell-man in Europe.

  8. ஊரை உழக்கால் அளக்கிறாள் நாட்டை நாழியால் அளக்கிறாள்.
    She measures the village with an ulak and the province with a nàli.
    The உழக்கு is a quarter of a படி. உழக்காழாக்கு three eighths of a measure. A தாழி is a measure, of which there are eight in a மரக்கால், marcàl.