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my rings are not worth much but they do tell my age.
Though not a plant I have leaves. though not a beast I have spine. Though many wouldn't need me I am more valuable than wine.
Two in a whole and four in a pair. Six in a trio you see. Eight's a quartet but what you must get is the name that fits just one of me.
What two things can you never eat for breakfast?
I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?
Walk on the living, they don't even mumble. Walk on the dead, they mutter and grumble.