"Transliteration: Tāṉ āṇṭa ulakkaiyum, taṅkap pūñcaraṭum talai marumakaḷukku."
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January 1, 1970

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Note: A certain daughter-in-law hated her mother-in-law, and one day being alone with her in the house struck her on the breast with the pestle or rice-pounder, so that she fell down speechless. The other women were called in, and the mother-in-law pointed to the wicked daughter-in-law, to the rice-pounder and to her own breast. The women asked the murderess for an explanation of these signs, and she said: Being the eldest of you all, I am to have the rice-pounder and the golden necklace on her