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What flares up and does a lot of good, and when it dies is just a piece of wood?
Sometimes I am loud. And viewed with distaste. Poke out my 'eye', then I'm on the front of your face.
They can float and tickle, but their sound is rarely heard unless you're a pillow or bird. What are they?
Put into a pit, locked beneath a grate, guarded through the night, yet it still goes out.
What can stand in place of a country but still fold away in a drawer?
When is it bad luck to see a black cat?