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Almost everyone needs it, asks for it, gives it. But almost nobody takes it.
What leaps one time out of four?
Whipping one of these out in the wrong setting is said to be terrible luck.
A crafty use of long pieces of wool to make a scarf.
An utensil used for bread. Also a paper cutter. Used by a thug to take a life, Or wielded by the tamest wife, When used to spread the butter.
I'm the source of all emotion but I'm caged in a white prison.