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Although I'm not an insect, some people found me very difficult to exterminate. They called me something like 'insane priest.' The first half of my name means the same as 'scrape,' & my last three letters are a metal. Who am I?
What is that which, though black itself, enlightens the world without burning?
All about, but cannot be seen, Can be captured, cannot be held, No throat, but can be heard. Who am I?
I fly through the air on small feathered wings, seeking out life and destroying all things.
The sun bakes them, the hand breaks them, the foot treads on them, and the mouth tastes them.
There is a woman in a boat, on a lake, wearing a coat. If you want to know her name, itโs in the riddle I just wrote. Whatโs the womanโs name?