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I can be swallowed But I can also swallow you.
Every night I'm told what to do and each morning I do what I'm told. But I still don't escape your scold
What has to be broken before you can use it?
What can go up a chimney down but canโt go down a chimney up?
I have a name written on me, but it isnโt my name. Men plant me, but I never grow. They look at me and see their future, rotting in my bloom.
If itโs information you seek, come and see me. If itโs pairs of letters you need, I have consecutively three. What am I?