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“Telugu:
జోగీ జోగీ రాచుకొంటే బూడిదె రాలినది”
English Translation:
When two Jogis jostled against each other ashes fell [from their bodies].Nothing is to be got out of the quarrels of the poor.

“Telugu:
ఆకలి యెత్తుతుంది అత్తగారా అంటే, రోకలి మింగవే కోడలా అన్నద�”
English Translation:
When the daughter-in-law said she was hungry, her mother-in-law told her to swallow the pestle.Rokali is a wooden pestle, five or six feet long, used for pounding rice.

“Telugu:
అన్నిబొండాల నీళ్లూ నీవే తాగరా అయ్యల్లా”
English Translation:
Alas! my son, drink the water of all the cocoanuts.The father had refused to give his son a single cocoanut while alive, but offered him the whole after he had died of thirst.To lock the stable door when the steed is stolen.