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“Tamil Proverb:
நான் இட்ட மருந்தும் போக ஒட்டாது நன்னாரி வேரும் சாக ஒட்டாது.”
— "English Translation:
The medicine I gave, as a charm, will not allow him to go; the sarasparilia, an ingredient, will not suffer him to die.The proverb relates to charms, in which, as in magical arts generally, the Hindus in every part of India and Ceylon, have great faith. Servants have recourse to this device, and lovers also, for the purpose of influencing the affections and will of those whose favour or compliance they desiderate.The usual method, as indicated in the proverb, is to administer in the food of the party the ingredients that are fitted for the purpose contemplated; of course the preparation is surreptitiously added to the food of which it is known the individual is about to partake.A gentleman of my acquaintance recently dismissed all his servants and took into his service a person in whom he appeared to place the greatest confidence. The neighbours and the discarded servants believe that the gentleman acted under a charm.Some of the things used for certain purposes as charms, may not be mentioned here. The brain of a male child &c., are considered very potent.Professional magicians are employed when stolen property or buried treasure is sought. The magician uses a black preparation, a small quantity of which is placed on a betel leaf and put into the hands of an attendent boy, who is directed to look steadily at it, aided by the light of a lamp, while the magician invokes the presence and aid of certain deities. When the boy announces a phenomenon, say a tree, a monkey or a dog or a goblin, he is told to do obeisance to it to encourage further discoveries. The earth may cleave asunder and reveal the thing wanted, or a scene, including a house and certain persons going and coming, water &c., may appear, when the boy proceeds to describe the objects before him, as an earthen pot, or bangle &c., &c.,.as the case may be.To discover a thief among suspected persons sometimes dry grain as rice may be given to be eaten. The person whose mouth secretes no moisture for mastication is supposed to be the thief.",

“Tamil Proverb:
"நிமித்தம் பார்க்கிறவன் இரண்டகக்காரி மகன், பொருத்தம் பார்க்கிறவன் பொல்லாங்கன் புத்திரன்.”
— ","English Translation:
He who consults omens is the son of a deceitful woman, he who enquires into the fitness of persons for marriage is the son of a vicious man.",

“Tamil Proverb:
நான் ஒன்றை எண்ண விதி ஒன்றை எண்ணிற்று.”
— "English Translation:
While I expected one thing, destiny ordained another.",

“Tamil Proverb:
நிமைப் பொழுதேனும் இல்லை நீச உடல்.”
— English Translation:
The vile body will not endure even for the twinkling of an eye.,

“Tamil Proverb:
நான் நட்டேன் நாதன் பயிர் ஆக்கினான்.”
— English Translation:
I planted; god caused it grow.,

“Tamil Proverb:
நிமிர்ந்து போட்டது என்ன குனிந்து எடுத்தது என்ன?”
— "English Translation:
What is lost by an erect posture, and what gained by stooping!",

“Tamil Proverb:
நான் பிடித்த முயலுக்கு மூன்று கால்.”
— English Translation:
The hare that I caught had three legs.,

“Tamil Proverb:
நிலத்தில் எழுந்த பூண்டு நிலத்தில் மடியவேண்டும்.”
— English Translation:
Plants decay on the ground from which they sprung.,

“Tamil Proverb:
நிசம் ஒன்று பல தீங்கு நீக்கும்.”
— English Translation:
One thing ascertained will remove many evils.,

“Tamil Proverb:
நிருவாண தேசத்தில் நீர்ச்சீலை கட்டினவன் பைத்தியக்காரன்.”
— English Translation:
It were an act of folly to wear clothes in a country where all go naked.,

“Tamil Proverb:
நிசாம் அல்லி தண்டில் நிசார்க்காரனைக் கண்டது உண்டா?”
— English Translation:
Was any trousered sepoy seen in the army of Nizam Aly?,

“Tamil Proverb:
நிலத்திற்குத் தகுந்த கனியும் குலத்திற்கு தகுந்த குணமும்.”
— "English Translation:
Fruit appropriate to the soil, and quality agreeable, to one’s rank.",

“Tamil Proverb:
"நிஷ்டூரன் கண்ணைத் தெய்வம் கெடுக்கும், நீதிமான் கண்ணைப் பரிதானம் கெடுக்கும்.”
— ","English Translation:
God will destroy the eyes of an oppressor, and a bribe will destroy the eye of an upright man.",

“Tamil Proverb:
நித்தம் சாவார்க்கு அழுவார் உண்டா?”
— English Translation:
Do any weep when deaths are of daily occurrence?,

“Tamil Proverb:
நித்தம் போனால் முற்றம் சலிக்கும்.”
— "English Translation:
If you continually go thither, even the court-yard will be weary of you.",

“Tamil Proverb:
நித்தியக் கண்டம் தீர்க்க ஆயுசு.”
— "English Translation:
Constant trouble, long life.",