“Tamil:
சனிப் பிணம் தனிப்போகாது.”
“English Translation:
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.”,