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The man who made it didn't need it. The man who bought it didn't use it. The man who used it didn't want it.
In Paris but not in France, the thinnest of its siblings.
Sometimes black, sometimes white, I have veins but no blood
Five hundred begins it, five hundred ends it. Five in the middle is seen. First of all figures, the first of all letters. Take up their stations between. Join all together, and then you will bring before you the name of an eminent king.
Long and think, red within, with a nail at the end.
When is it bad luck to see a black cat?