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What can touch someone once and last them a lifetime?
This is a dish containing beans, sometimes baked but, despite the name, usually stewed, in a sauce
It's in your hand though you cannot feel it. Only you and time can reveal it.
As strong as love, more dangerous than cancer.
Some adults still use these to count.
A leathery snake, with a stinging bite. I'll stay coiled up, unless I must fight.