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So cold, damp and dark this place. To stay you would refrain, yet those who occupy this place do never complain.
I have a hundred legs, but cannot stand. I have a long neck, but no head. I cannot see. I'm neat and tidy as can be.
My first is equality; my second is inferiority; my whole is superiority.
During the 1800's these turned women into hourglasses and is becoming more popular again these days
I open wide and tight I shut, Sharp am I and paper-cut fingers too, so do take care, I'm good and bad, so best beware.
Black we are and much admired. Many seek us if they are tired. We tire the horse, and comfort man, and turn White when we've fulfilled your plan.