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“Telugu:
ఇన్నాళ్లు బ్రతికి యింటివెనక చచ్చినట్టు”
English Translation:
After living so long he died at the back of his house.A miserable end.

“Telugu:
ఉత్తర చూచి యెత్తర గంప”
English Translation:
Take up your basket [of seed] when you see [the sun in] Uttara.Uttara is one of the twenty-seven lunar mansions. When the sun is in Uttara there is invariably rain, and seed is then sown.Make hay while the sun shines.Know your opportunity. (Latin.)

“Telugu:
నేతి బీరకాయ సామ్యము”
English Translation:
Like a tasteless cucumber.(Bee Nos. no, 940, m, m, 1250,1542, ms. )Néli birakéya is the ghi cucumber.Grand in name but not worth anything.’ Ciecc c l’occhlo, se l’nnimo é distratto. ​