Answer:
The shorter I am the bigger I am.
I always go to bed with my shoes on.
I am merry creature in pleasant time of year as in but certain seasons I sing that you can hear; And yet I'm made a by-word A very perfect mock; Compared to foolish persons And silliest of all folk.
I turn everything around but I cannot move. When you see me you see you!
What type of dress can never be worn?
It flows out of the soil, It burns you if it boils, And holds us in its coils, More valuable than gold, As black as it is old.