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With a halo of water and a tongue of wood, stone as skin long I stood. What am I?
Six letters it contains. Take away the last and only twelve remains. What is the word?
What happens once in June twice in August and never in May?
My head bobs lazily in the sun. You think I'm cute for my face is yellow my hair is white and my body is green.
I have no head and a tail I lack but I do have arms and legs and back; I inhabit the palace the tavern the cot 'tis a beggarly residence where I am not. If a monarch were present (I tell you no fable) I still should be placed at the head of the table.
What never gets any wetter no matter how hard it rains?