Answer:
A beggar's brother went out to sea and drowned. But the man who drowned had no brother. Who was the beggar to the man who drowned?
Often held but never touched. Always wet but never rusts. Often bits but seldom bit. To use it well you must have wit.
What can you catch but not throw?
People are hired to get rid of me. I'm often hiding under your bed. In time I'll always return you see. Bite me and you're surely dead.
Thirty white horses on a red hill, First they champ, Then they stamp, Then they stand still.
You use it between your head and your toes, the more it works the thinner it grows.