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I am used to bat with, yet I never get a hit. I am near a ball, yet never thrown. What am I?
What can you hold in your right hand but not in your left hand?
What type of dress can never be worn?
I am essential to life on earth! I am split into thirds. Two thirds are the same. One of the thirds is 8. The other two are 1 each.
First I may be your servant's name; then your desires I may proclaim; And when your mortal life is over hold all your wealth within my power.
Give it food and it will live, give it water and it will die.