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“Telugu:
తురక దాసరికి యీత మజ్జిగ”
English Translation:
The butter-milk of a Mussulman mendicant is Toddy.Applied to pretended sanctity.

“Telugu:
ఏటికి యెప్పుడు పోయినావు యిసక యెప్పుడు తెచ్చినావు అంటే, ఆడవారు తలిస్తే అది యెంతసేపు అన్నదట-మొగవారు తలిస్తే యిది యెంతసేపు అని నాలుగు బాదినాడ�”
English Translation:
“When did you go to the river, when did you bring the sand?” [asked the husband] “If women like, how long will that take?”” [saucily replied the wife] “If men like, how long will this take?” [said the husband] giving her four double-handers.The husband’s question was caused by finding send in his food.

“Telugu:
ఎంతప్రొద్దు వుండగా లేచినా, తుమ్మగుంట వద్దనే తెల్లవారినది”
English Translation:
However early he rose the day always dawned while he was at the Tumma tank.Tumma is the Acacia Arabica. Tanks are often named from the trees planted around them. The earlier the man got up the more he dilly-dallied on the strength of it, so the sun always found him at the tank, in the way to his work.Early up, and never the nearer.