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“Telugu:
కోతి చేతి పూల దండ”
English Translation:
A garland of flowers in a monkey’s paw.(800 Nos. 574, 712.)A good thing thrown away on a stupid person.

“Telugu:
అర్తి దుఃఖం ఆరునెలలు, కడుపు దుఖం కలకాలం”
English Translation:
The grief of the neck [lasts] six months; the grief of the womb, for ever.The “” grief of the neck “” signifies widowhood, when the marriage cord is broken. (See No. 878). The “grief of the womb”” signifies the loss of a child.

“Telugu:
చెడ్డ చేనికి యింటి వడ్లు పొంగలా”
English Translation:
What! Offering the house-rice to a spoilt field ?Pongali is a preparation of rice ofl’ered to the fields after the harvest. In this case the crop had failed and the offering had to be made from the old store. It was therefore a needless ceremony.